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FABS Member Society events for January. Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
January 9: Jeremy Dibbell will present "The Libraries of America: Bringing Historical Libraries to Life." Have you ever wondered what was on John Adams's shelf? Ben Franklin's? Phillis Wheatley Peters's? Here's your chance to find out! (Caxton Club)
January 12: FABS Handpress Era Group. This month our guest speaker is Dr. David Wolf, who will speak on 16th century medical books in English including the 1541 edition of Sir Thomas Elyot's The Castel of Helth. To receive a link contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org.
January 12: Professors Dee Andrews and Christopher Parmenter will discuss a key early document in the abolitionist movement, an essay in Latin by Thomas Clarkson. Their new book is based on the first translation of Based on the first translation of Clarkson’s “An Liceat Invitos in Servitutem Dare” since 1786. (Book Club of California)
January 15: 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.
January 20: The Rendell Lecture: Meaning and Magic in Handwritten Material In this lecture, Glen Miranker will discuss both the intangible values and the tangible insights that are inherent in some of the holograph manuscripts, letters, notebooks, and marginalia from his collection of Sherlock Holmes material. (The Grolier Club)
January 21: Ex Libris collectors rejoice! James P. Keenan will be speaking on "Bookplates: The Art of This Century." The author of several books on the subject, Keenan is the longtime president of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors & Designers (a FABS member!) (The Caxton Club)
January 21: Jeremy Norman of HistoryofScience.com will introduce his Grolier Club exhibition "Incunabula of the Second Printing Revolution" with a discussion of mechanized processes introduced during the 19th century (The Grolier Club)
January 26: FABS Bindings Group. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
January 26: Donald C. Jackson will speak about his new book The Man Who Dammed Hetch Hetchy. John R. Freeman was the man who established San Francisco’s Yosemite Water Supply by building a dam that was passionately opposed by John Muir. Join us for this exploration of a pivotal event in US environmental history. (Book Club of California)
January 28: FABS Living With Books Group. Join us and host Reid Byers to discuss the delights and challenges of the private library. This month's topics: (1) The role of money in book collecting; and (2) Do we collect provenance? Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
Stay tuned to the FABS Calendar, as more events are sure to be posted soon.
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