100 Objects From the Collections of the YIVO Institute
Sponsored by The Grolier Club A celebration of a new book, 100 Objects from the Collections of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. A pair of ruby red slippers. A medieval […]
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City of Wood: San Francisco and the Architecture of the Redwood Lumber Industry
Sponsored by The Book Club of California. California’s 1849 gold rush triggered creation of the “instant city” of San Francisco as a base to exploit the rich natural resources of […]
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Margaret Armstrong’s Book Covers
Sponsored by Ohio State University Libraries with The Aldus Society Margaret Armstrong was one of the most celebrated and prolific book cover designers of the late 19th and early 20th […]
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Lauren Hewes on American Ephemera before 1900
Sponsored by the Caxton Club. In this program, Lauren Hewes will introduce Caxton Club members to the Stephen D. Paine Collection of American Ephemera at the American Antiquarian Society, a […]
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New Light on Medieval Manuscript Culture
Sponsored by The Grolier Club A new look at medieval monastic manuscript culture. Andrew Jotischky, Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London, will speak about the manuscript […]
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The Binfords & Mort Story: Publishing Books About Oregon, 1930-1983
Sponsored by The Book Club of California. In 1891 while still teens in Portland, Oregon, Maurice and Peter Binford started an influential career as publishers. They went on to found […]
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FABS Handpress Era Zoom Group: David Levy on Hoyle
Sponsored by FABS David Levy will present "The Earliest Hoyles: what a bibliographer can learn from examining multiple copies." From 1742-1747 there were three authorized publishers of Hoyle's pamphlets on […]
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A Black Bibliophile Tradition in Philadelphia
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Jordan Ross will explore the collecting habits of African American bibliophiles in Philadelphia during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Bibliophiles and organizations examined will […]
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Sara Charles on The Medieval Scriptorium – Making Books in the Middle Ages
Sponsored by The Caxton Club. Have you stretched an animal skin lately? Prepared its surface to accept ink? Collected oak galls to make ink? Scribed? Added rubrics and colored initials? […]
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Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books
Sponsored by the Book Club of Washington. Author Eric Marshall White will share his fresh insights into Gutenberg's life and accomplishments, including correctives to old legends and conjectures. Dr. White's […]
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FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Join the FABS 19th Century group on Zoom for congenial discussion of all things bibliophilic and 19th century. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org.
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Raffaella della Olga on her exhibition “Typescripts”
Sponsored by The Grolier Club About this event Italian-born, Paris-based artist Raffaella della Olga will speak with Clark Art Institute curator and historian Robert Wiesenberger about her works on view […]