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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The 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 […]
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
Sponsored by FABS Join us and host Reid Byers to discuss the delights and challenges of the private library. This month's topics: (1) What role does money play in book […]
Sponsored by the Book Club of California. How do we uncover the arc of a social movement through its broadsides, street sheets, mimeographed leaflets, and print ephemera? In this illustrated […]
Sponsored by FABS "Collecting Erasmus" Martha will share a brief bio of the Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus (d. 1536) and provide short descriptions of several Erasmus volumes in her collection. […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society The Library of Congress holds more than 12,000 manuscript collections documenting a broad range of American history and culture, among them around 1,000 collections in […]