At our last Council meeting of the academic year we were very pleased to receive the report of the Committee which meets every year or two to consider the award of the Society’s Gold Medal. We are delighted to report that the Gold Medal will be awarded this year to [...]
Anthony Hobson, DECORATED BOOKBINDINGS in Renaissance Italy Outside Rome and Venice - A Catalogue Edited by Edward Potten and Mirjam Foot; Preface by Christopher de Hamel An essential reference for anyone interested in the history of bookbinding in the Italian Renaissance. Anthony Hobson (1921-2014), former Director of Sotheby's and past [...]
Our friends at the Francis Trigge Library, will be holding a Symposium "Carnival of the Animals", on Saturday, 29 June 2024, in Grantham. For details and to book your tickets, visit their event web site.
In May, the Bibliographical Society will be present at the annual London antiquarian bookfair, ‘Firsts’ at the Saatchi Gallery. The fair brings together over 100 British and international booksellers and the theme this year is ‘The Art of the Book’. We have been invited to participate by the Antiquarian Booksellers [...]
The History of Information (dot com) At first glance, the intriguing website HistoryofInformation.com looks like just another aggregation of historical facts. It isn’t! Jeremy M. Norman has set himself the task of building a meta-history site: a history of data collections tagged by subject category. The resulting website is a [...]
The Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) is currently inviting proposals for events that will take place between June 2024 and September 2024. The deadline for applications is April 1 2024. The BSA can offer financial and logistical support for a variety of events, including lectures, panel presentations, hands-on workshops, conference [...]
