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October 6th, 2015
Centre for Material Texts » Seminar Series
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This seminar will be held in association with the Eighteenth Century and Romantic Studies Graduate Seminar. For a Teams link, please email the convenors: 18cRcambridge@gmail.com (links will be provide...
Sandars Lectures 2022-2023, November 21st-23rd![]()
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Cambridge Bookbinding, 1450-1775![]()
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Cambridge has been a leading centre for binding books (as well as for printing and selling them) for many centuries and books bound in Cambridge are found all over the world. How do we recognise them, and what can they tell us? The 2023 lectures will build on a project aiming, for the first time, to produce a comprehensive overview of Cambridge binding work through the early modern period. They will explore the evolution of the craft in its broader context, and the questions we should ask when we identify books bound in Cambridge.![]()
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Cambridge Bookbindings 1450-1770, featuring 45 bookbindings in Cambridge during the handpress period using the collections of Cambridge University Library, is available on the Cambridge Digital Library.![]()
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Lectures will be held in-person at Robinson College, live-streamed and recorded. Click on the link below for more information and to book. All are free and open to all to attend.![]()
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Lecture 1: Tuesday 21 November 2023, 5-6pm (followed by a drinks reception at the University Library)![]()
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Lecture 2: Wednesday 22 November 2023, 5-6pm![]()
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Lecture 3: Thursday 23 November 2023, 5-6pm![]()
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www.lib.cam.ac.uk/sandars/sandars-lectures-2022-2023![]()
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About the Speaker![]()
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Dr David Pearson was formerly Director of Culture, Heritage & Libraries for the City of London Corporation. He is a Senior Fellow of the Institute of English Studies at the University of London, was Lyell Reader in Bibliography at Oxford 2017-18, and teaches regularly on the Rare Book Schools in London and Virginia. His books include Provenance Research in Book History (new edition, 2019), English Bookbinding Styles 1450-1800 (2005), Book Ownership in Stuart England (2021), and Speaking Volumes: Books with Histories (2022); in 2020 he launched the Book Owners Online database.
Sandars Lectures 2022-2023 | Cambridge University Library
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