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  • The Life, Motto, and Library of William Walker (1570-1642), Vicar of Chiswick

    Co-presented and co-hosted by The Book Club of California, The Bibliographical Society of America and the American Trust for the British Library. Feb 12, 6:00pm Pacific Time An in-person and virtual presentation by Alan H. Nelson, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, University of California, Berkeley Zoom registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_759LIhnbSYGbxvT3eh4DjQ Approximately twenty-five printed books and ten manuscripts […]

  • FABS Handpress: Dr. Eugene Flamm on Martin Lister

    Sponsored by FABS June 9: FABS Handpress Era Group will meet at 7:30pm EST on Zoom for an hour of talk about printed items before 1800. Dr. Eugene Flamm will speak on “Putative Provenance: Martin Lister as a Bibliophilic Iterist” regarding a volume perhaps given by Lister to the Earl of Portland, with additional discussion […]

  • FABS Handpress Zoom: A 1474 Medical Dictionary and A Holy Card

    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 […]