Sponsored by FABS On Monday July 13 we have two guests: Dr. Gene Flamm will discuss his copy of the first printed medical dictionary: Simon Genuensis [Cordo]. Synonyma medicinae sive Clavis sanationis. Padua: 1474. This copy has an interesting non-medical provenance. Martha Driver Ph.D. will present “A Holy Card and […]
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Sponsored by FABS June 9: FABS Handpress Era Group will meet at 7:30pm EST on Zoom for an hour of talk about printed items before 1800. Dr. Eugene Flamm will speak on “Putative Provenance: Martin Lister as a Bibliophilic Iterist” regarding a volume perhaps given by Lister to the Earl […]
Co-presented and co-hosted by The Book Club of California, The Bibliographical Society of America and the American Trust for the British Library. Feb 12, 6:00pm Pacific Time An in-person and virtual presentation by Alan H. Nelson, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, University of California, Berkeley Zoom registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_759LIhnbSYGbxvT3eh4DjQ Approximately twenty-five […]
by James P. Keenan, Director, ASBCD What is a Bookplate? Since the mid-fifteenth century, distinguished artists and their patrons have given serious attention to this art form. A bookplate represents pride in the ownership of books. It is a miniature graphic art print developed to adorn books providing a convenient, […]