Sponsored by FABS This congenial Zoom group moderated by Bill Bryson and Richard Kopley meets monthly to discuss all things bookish and 19th century! We hope you will join us. For a link contact Jennifer Larson info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by FABS Hosted on Zoom by Reid Byers, author of The Private Library, this discussion-based group focuses on the joys and challenges of the home library. This month's topics: 1. Books that Opened Up a New World for Us 2. Reading in Bed We hope you will join us! For a link contact Jennifer […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of Detroit Bookseller Sam Gatteno presents highlights from his eclectic collection, including Shakespeare and Shakespeare forgeries, incunables and 16th century books, fine press books, art books, Bibles, and bindings. A past president of the Book Club of Detroit and a well-respected antiquarian book collector, Sam has extensive expertise on earliest […]
Sponsored by FABS On Monday July 13 we have two guests: Dr. Gene Flamm will discuss his copy of the first printed medical dictionary: Simon Genuensis . Synonyma medicinae sive Clavis sanationis. Padua: 1474. This copy has an interesting non-medical provenance. Martha Driver Ph.D. will present "A Holy Card and A Book of Hours: Tracking […]
Sponsored by FABS Join this congenial group for conversation about all things bibliophilic and 19th-century! We meet monthly on the third Thursday. To be added to the list for links, contact Jennifer Larson: info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by FABS Dr. Stephanie Stillo, Chief, Rare Books and Special Collection Division at the Library of Congress will show us some of the recently acquired bindings in the collection. The Library of Congress actively adds artists' books, fine and design bindings, and other treasures to the collection. July 20, Monday, 7:30 Eastern, 4:30 Pacific. […]
Sponsored by NOBS 7:00 PM 8:30 PM Congregation Mishkan Or, a Reform Jewish synagogue in Beachwood, Ohio, is the steward of an extraordinary collection of more than 200 rare volumes of Hebrew and other Jewish books from the 15th-20th centuries. Dr. Harold Greenbaum, a Cleveland physician, donated this collection to his synagogue, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, one of […]
Sponsored by FABS On July 28 join your host Reid Byers and the gang for another lively discussion about Living With Books. Our topics this month: (1) "Prints, Paintings, and Decorations in the Library" and (2) "Reading Equipment." For a link please contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Manuscript Monday - A FREE Webinar provided by The Manuscript Society Date: Monday, August 3 @ 8pm EST Guest Presenter: George Snook, Educator and Vice President of The Manuscript Society Host: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore, The Manuscript Society A LIVE webinar with a Q&A with presenter George Snook Title: Manuscript Mondays: […]
Sponsored by FABS August 10 FABS Handpress Era Group: “Humanist Gifts of Plutarch Texts to Queen Mary I” with historian Valerie Schutte. Mary Tudor has always enjoyed a reputation of having received a humanist education. Of the antique texts associated with Mary, the ancient Greek philosopher Plutarch stands out. Mary was advised to follow many […]
Sponsored by FABS August 25 FABS Living With Books Group. Join us and host Reid Byers to discuss the delights and challenges of the private library. Our topics this month: 1. Bibliophilic Zooms, podcasts, Youtubes, & TV documentaries; 2. How we have set boundaries in collections? In libraries? Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org.
Sponsored by NOBS This is the year of Toni Morrison and all over Ohio bookclubs and organizations have been creating programs to honor one of Ohio's greatest writers and the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Toni Morrison, author and editor, was born in Lorain, Ohio in 1931 and her […]