With greater access to digital surrogates, catalogers, special collections librarians, bibliographers, researchers, and collectors are becoming increasingly interested in the materiality of bound volumes. This course will focus on understanding …
“Anyone who works with or is interested in working with nineteenth-century cultural heritage would gain a tremendous amount from this class.” — 2017 student Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: …
Gain a toolkit to identify and date English bindings on historic books, distinguishing the contemporary from the later and the repaired, covering the progression of decorative styles.
“Knowledge from this class will help me to more effectively identify materials and structures.” — 2015 student This course is aimed at librarians, (rare book) catalogers, curators, conservators, collectors, and …
“Anyone who works with or is interested in working with nineteenth-century cultural heritage would gain a tremendous amount from this class.” — 2017 student Course Length: 12 hours Course Week: …
The perception of the importance of nineteenth-century books in library stack and other collections has risen dramatically in recent years, and a variety of steps is being taken to preserve them. …
A historical approach to bookbinding, tracing influences from the Near- and Middle-East through Europe, with examples from the eighth century to the late twentieth century. Topics include: the emergence and development …
How bookbinding in the post-medieval period developed to meet the demands placed on it by the growth of printing; techniques and materials employed to meet these demands; the development of …
Intended for catalog librarians, antiquarian booksellers, book collectors, and others who wish to write concise and accurate descriptions of bookbindings, the course will concentrate on bindings produced between the late …
Students will investigate the diversities of European bookbinding structures, up to and including the early period of more generalized practice and division of labor. Topics of the course include identification …
“I came, I saw, I feel empowered with bookbinding knowledge!” — 2018 student Throughout history, books have been bound and decorated in a number of different ways, using different materialsand …
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