Fashions on Paper: The Words of Regency Dress
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Dr. Hilary Davidson looks at the words of fashion in use during Austen’s adult life. This lecture is in conjunction with the "Paper Jane: 250 […]
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Jeremy Dibbell on The Libraries of Early America: Bringing Historical Libraries to Life
Sponsored by The Caxton Club Tell the truth. When you get a look at someone’s library, you do more than consider the shelving units and bookends. You take a careful […]
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Thomas Clarkson’s Latin Essay: The Origins and Legacy of an Antislavery Text
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Professor Emerita Dee E. Andrews and Assistant Professor Christopher S. Parmenter will discuss two elements of their new book manuscript, Thomas Clarkson’s Latin […]
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FABS Handpress Era Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS January 12: FABS Handpress Era Group. This month our guest speaker is Dr. David Wolf, who will speak on 16th century medical books in English including the 1541 […]
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Manuscript Mondays: The Pathfinder Papers. Exploring the History of the Fontaine-Maurys, a Founding Family
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Russell Hooper will discuss his collecting journey, how he became interested in the Fontaine–Maury family, and his vision for telling a story drawn from the […]
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FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Convivial conversation about all things bibliophilic and 19th century. Hosted by Bill Bryson. For info contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
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Princeton’s Influential Bollingen Series
Sponsored by The Grolier Club With Brigitta van Rheinberg This talk will explore how Princeton University Press's Bollingen Series, founded in 1940 and now being rereleased, published hundreds of works […]
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The Rendell Lecture: Meaning and Magic in Handwritten Material
Sponsored by the Grolier Club With Glen Miranker In this lecture, Glen Miranker will discuss both the intangible values and the tangible insights that are inherent in some of the […]
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Incunabula of the Second Printing Revolution
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Jeremy Norman will lecture on the complex parameters defining incunabula of the second printing revolution, a period marked by the adopted of mechanized technologies in […]
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James P. Keenan on Bookplates: The Art of This Century
Sponsored by The Caxton Club Our speaker will briefly discuss antique bookplates, but his emphasis will be on the contemporary art form and the fact that bookplates are in use […]
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The Man Who Dammed Hetch Hetchy: John R. Freeman and San Francisco’s Yosemite Water Supply
Book Club of CaliforniaThe damming of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park is widely seen as a watershed event in American environmental history. Passionately opposed by naturalist John Muir and his ardent […]
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FABS Bindings Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Join the FABS Bindings group for presentations and discussion about the art and craft of bindings. For info contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org