Sponsored by FABS Join us for convivial discussion of books and other materials printed before 1800. This month’s topic is “My favorite acquisition of 2024”! No presentation required; just hold it up and talk for up to 5 minutes. To join this group contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
handpress era
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Sponsored by FABS David DiLaura will speak on “John Peckham’s Perspectiva Communis: An example of the transition from manuscript to the handpress.” In the half-century after the appearance of moveable type printing in the Latin West, many important, widely used texts on natural philosophy appeared in print. Written in about […]