A Virtual Visit to the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology
The Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology is a rare book and special collections library devoted to the history of printing, the history of the book, and the books arts.
Join the Princeton Bibliophiles & Collectors and Cary Collection Curator Steven Galbraith for a brief history of the Cary and a tour of its holdings, from bookbinding specimens from the Bernard C. Middleton Collection, to typographical treasures from Frederic Goudy and Hermann Zapf, to the press used by William Morris to print the Kelmscott Chaucer.
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(Photo credit: Jiageng Lin)
- Date:
- Sunday, March 13, 2022
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Location:
- Virtual
- Audience:
- Friends of Princeton University Library Member of the Public Princeton Staff Princeton Student Student Friends of Princeton University Library
- Categories:
- Friends of the Princeton University Library Event
About the speaker: Steven K. Galbraith is Curator of the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection. He has a Ph.D. in English Literature from Ohio State University and an M.L.S. from the University at Buffalo. Prior to coming to RIT, he was the Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Books at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, the Curator of Early Modern Books and Manuscripts at The Ohio State University, and a reference librarian at the University of Maine. He is the author of works on early English printing, book conservation and digitization, and English Renaissance literature.
This event is part of a regular series presented by the Princeton Bibiliophiles & Collectors.
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