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 […]
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Sponsored by FABS Join us for “Collecting John Speed, London Antiquary and Cartographer” with Martha Driver! Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org John Speed (d. 1629) was a prolific illustrator, cartographer, genealogist, historian and antiquary. Born into the middle class, Speed worked as a tailor, being admitted to the Merchant Taylor’s […]
Sponsored by FABS Members of this group show and discuss examples of “printed books and other printed works created before ca. 1800.” Open to all members of FABS societies and their guests. If you’re interested but not yet a member, contact us! We meet the second Monday of the month […]