Sponsored by FABS Join this congenial and informal discussion of all things bibliophilic and nineteenth-century with your host Bill Bryson. Meets the third Thursday of the month. For a link to this month’s meeting, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
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Sponsored by FABS The FABS Handpress Era Zoom Group meets the second Monday of the month for presentations and discussion of printed materials before 1800. This month noted optics collector David DiLaura will speak on the transition from manuscript to print of illustrations dealing with geometry and natural philosophy, using […]
Sponsored by FABS Join this congenial group hosted by Reid Byers for conversation about the joys and challenges of home libraries. This month’s topics: 1. Book Cartoons and Jokes 2. What Advice might you offer to younger bibliophiles from your experience as a book collector? To receive a link, contact […]
Sponsored by FABS Dear Friends in the Republic of Books, Living with Books is a discussion group of the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies. Each month, we choose a couple of bibliophilic topics for open (and civil) discussion. The next meeting of FABS Living with Books will be on Tuesday, […]
Sponsored by FABS Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies Special Interest Group on Book Binding. February 23, 2026. Monday. 7:30 pm EST. Zoom presentation. Matt Brehe, a Seattle book and manuscript collector will share some early book bindings from his collection with a focus on bookbinder manuscript waste found within. Early […]
Sponsored by FABS Join your host Reid Byers and the gang for discussion of the pleasures and challenges of the private library. For a link, contact Jennifer Larson: info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by FABS Join us for convivial conversation on all things bibliophilic and 19th century! For a link contact Jennifer Larson: info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by FABS “Collecting Erasmus” Martha will share a brief bio of the Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus (d. 1536) and provide short descriptions of several Erasmus volumes in her collection. These include the first edition of Erasmus’s In Novum Testamentum Annotationes (1542) which has been heavily censored by a very assiduous member of […]
Sponsored by FABS 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.
Sponsored by FABS Convivial conversation about all things bibliophilic and 19th century. Hosted by Bill Bryson. For info contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org