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As part of its mission to promote the
art and history of the book, the Grolier Club is happy to host the
public lectures and events of other bookish organizations, and to open some of its
own events to
the public:
Spring/Summer 2008
Unless otherwise indicated below, all RSVPs and
reservations are to be made through Maev Brennan at the
Grolier Club, tel. 212-838-6690, ext. 7, or e-mail:
mbrennan@grolierclub.org.
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March
26 --
American
Printing History Association
Lecture: John Ross on “Romano & Ross: 60 years of Art and
the Tipoteca Italiana,” recounting a decade of collaboration with
Tipoteca Italiana
in Cornuda, Italy. 6 pm. Reception follows. Co-sponsored by the New
York chapter of the American Printing History Association.
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April 1 -- Lecture: Margaret
Stetz and Mark Samuels Lasner will speak about the exhibition
Facing the Late Victorians:
Portraits of Writers and Artists from the Mark Samuels Lasner
Collection. 6 pm, reception follows.
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April 8 --
Lecture: Alan Fern will speak on British portraiture, in
connection with the exhibition
Facing the Late Victorians:
Portraits of Writers and Artists from the Mark Samuels Lasner
Collection.
6 pm, reception follows.
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April
17 --
American
Printing History Association J. Ben Lieberman Memorial Lecture:
Sue Allen on "A Doubly Fascinating Book: Hawthorne's Wonder Book
Illustrated by Walter Crane."
6 pm, reception
follows.
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May 19
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Lecture: William M. Voelkle, Curator and
Head of the Department of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at
The Morgan Library & Museum,
will give a talk entitled “Between Papyrus and Paper: Manuscript
Treasures of the Morgan Library & Museum.” Co-sponsored by
the Society of Scribes.
6:00 pm at the Club. Reception follows.
R.S.V.P. 212-452-0139,
or
info@societyofscribes.org.
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May
20 -- Third Annual Bernard H.
Breslauer Lecture in Bibliography: David Alan Richards on his
forthcoming Kipling bibliography. 6 pm. Reception follows.
Co-sponsored by the
American Trust
for the British Library. No charge for ATBL or Grolier Club
members; non-members $25.00. RSVP by May 9, 2008 to: Seana Anderson,
Executive Director, The American Trust for the British Library,
e-mail:
atbl@verizon.net, or phone: 718-623-0933.
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May 29
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American
Printing History Association
Lecture: Gordon Bond on “James Parker (1714-1770): A New Jersey
Printer on the Eve of Revolution.” 6 pm. Reception and book signing
to follow. Co-sponsored by the New York chapter of the American
Printing History Association.
LOCATION: The
Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York City (between
Park and Madison Avenues). Click here
for a street map of New York showing the Club's precise
location.
For more details, contact the Grolier
Club.
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