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FABS Handpress Era Zoom Group: Decorated Paper and a 16th Century Book Collector/Surgeon/Poet/Spy
May 13 @ 7:30 pm EDT
Sponsored by FABS
May 13 (second Monday of the month), 4:30pm Pacific/7:30pm Eastern: The Handpress Era group (“printed books and other printed works created before ca. 1800”) is hosted by Jennifer Larson and David DiLaura. For May we welcome two speakers:
Rodger Friedman “Some books wrapped in decorated papers.”
I will talk about the Remondini family of Bassano del Grappa, how their little printing firm expanded into producing color-woodblock decorated papers in the 18th century. I will talk about the process, about the history of the blocks themselves, and I will show a few examples.
Dr. Gene Flamm “François Rasse des Neux: Surgeon, Book Collector, Poet and Spy.”
I will discuss (briefly) books in my collection with his signature and how they reflect the activities of this 16th century surgeon.
To join the list for this group contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org