08 Tuesday Jul 2014
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anatomical studies, anatomy, Andreas Vesalius, book design, De Corporis Fabrica, education, Gould Auditorium, J. Willard Marriott Library, Leonardo da Vinci, Mark T. Nielsen, medical texts, medicine, Renaissance, Special Collections Gallery, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, The University of Utah, William Harvey
See the J. Willard Marriott Library’s digitized 1555 edition of De humani corporis fabrica.
Learn more about our guest speaker Mark Nielsen.
07 Monday Jul 2014
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Primitive Origination of Mankind Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature…
Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676)
London: Printed for William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery at the Sign of the Bible in Duke-Lane, 1677
First edition
Published after Sir Hale’s death, this curious treatise attempts to prove that the world must have had a beginning else mankind could never have existed from eternity.
02 Wednesday Jul 2014
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Dalziel Brothers, Fritz Kredel, George Salter, John Tenniel, Lewis Carroll, Monotype Scotch, Rare Books Division, Ronald Rubin, wood engravings
“You’ve got no right to grow here,” said the Dormouse.
“Don’t talk nonsense,” said Alice more boldly: “you know you’re growing too.”
– Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Dr. Ronald Rubin has donated a set of Lewis Carrol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.
Dr. Rubin, with his frequent and diverse gifts to the Rare Books Division, helps add to the breadth and depth of our collections. Thank you, Dr. Rubin, for helping the rare book collections grow.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
New York: Random House, 1946
“Special Edition”
PR4611 A7 1946
This edition was designed by George Salter using John Tenniel’s illustrations from the first edition, colored by Fritz Kredel. Dalziel Brothers were the wood-engravers. Type face is Monotype Scotch. Two matched volumes issued in one slipcase.
01 Tuesday Jul 2014
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30 Monday Jun 2014
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Alexander Hamilton, American British colonies, attorney general, Bill of Rights, Council of New Jersey, Council of New York, free press, freedom of the press, James Alexander, John Peter Zenger, Journalist, libel, New Jersey, New Jersey Provincial bar, New York, Scotland, William Cosby
Alexander, Complaint, 1735
The Complaint of James Alexander and William…
James Alexander (1691-1756)
New York: Printed for John Peter Zenger, 1735
First edition
“It is with utmost Regret, that we attend this Committee in the Quality of Complaints; but the Matter of it too neatly affects us and the Liberties of this Country, to be buried in Silence. Had our personal Interest been solely concerned, we might have rested in a patient Expectation of a personal Remedy in some other Way: But when the Liberties of a Country are at Stake, and the Civil Enjoyments of a People sap’d at the very Foundation of them, it behoves every Man that loves his Country to cry out and give publick Warning of the Danger.”
James Alexander, born in Scotland, was an attorney. In 1715, Alexander immigrated to the American British colonies and acted as surveyor general for the Province of New Jersey. Alexander participated in the Council of New York, although he continued his public service to New Jersey. He was admitted to the New Jersey Provincial bar in 1723 and joined the Council of New Jersey that same year, serving until 1735. From 1723 to 1727 Alexander performed the duties of New Jersey attorney general. In 1735, journalist John Peter Zenger was on trial, accused of libelous attacks on the administration of New York Governor William Cosby. Alexander served as co-defense lawyer at this trial. Alexander Hamilton pleaded the case. Zenger was acquitted, and the success of this defense was a triumph for the principles of a free press. Alexander’s Complaint helped lay the foundation for the struggle for freedom of the press in the colonies. The case was instrumental in the Bill of Rights determination that juries rather than judges should decide guilt or innocence.
24 Tuesday Jun 2014
23 Monday Jun 2014
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antiquarian, Augsburg, Basel, bookbinding, bookplates, books, bookshop, Charles Darwin, Gothic, Johannes Meder, John William Willis-Bund (1843-1928), Michael Furter, Michael Wenssler, New Testament, printer's device, printshop, Prodigal Son, Robert Chambers (1802-1871), Sebastian Brandt, sermons, The University of Utah, theology, type, Wales, woodcuts
Quadragesimale Nouum…de filio prodigo…
Johannes Meder
Basel: Michael Furter, 1494
Editio princips
BX1756 M43 Q4 1494
Johannes Meder’s collection of fifty sermons on the New Testament story of the Prodigal Son is introduced by his close friend Sebastian Brandt. In Brandt’s verse, the Prodigal Son and his guardian angel discuss whoring, gaming, cruelty to the poor and other disturbing issues of the time. Meder wrote, “One must know first the illness, which one intends to heal.” The subject must have been quite compelling – a second edition was printed by Michael Wenssler, also of Basel, in 1497.
Born in Augsburg, Michael Furter (d. 1516/17) was in Basel by 1483, when he bought a house there. He began printing at least at early as 1489. He added bookbinding and then accounting to his trades after his printshop ran into financial difficulties. Furter printed mostly grammars and theology. Although he was financially unsuccessful as a printer, his fairly large number of books were known for their beautiful woodcut ornamentation and illustrations. This work contains eighteen full-page woodcuts. Gothic type, printer’s device.
The University of Utah copy was once owned by Robert Chambers (1802-1871). Chambers anonymously published Vestiges, a Victorian-era best-seller that posited a theory of evolution before Charles Darwin published his ground-breaking thesis. Chambers and Darwin were correspondents.
Chambers and his brother began their careers as publishers and authors when they set up an antiquarian bookshop using their father’s own collection of books. This copy was also part of the library of John William Willis-Bund (1843-1928), a writer on the history of the church in Wales. Evidence of this provenance is the bookplates of both of these men attached within the book.
16 Monday Jun 2014
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Domestic Duties; or, Instructions to Young…
Frances Byerley Parkes (1786-1842)
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825
First edition
TX145 P24 1825
“Experience leads us to acknowledge the fact, that those marriages have been uniformly productive of the greatest sum of happiness in which the wife has, at least, appeared to be altogether swayed by the opinions of her husband. By such yielding, the confidence of the husband is increased, and his attachment confirmed.”
Frances Byerley was the daughter of Thomas Byerley, nephew of the potter, Josiah Wedgewood (1730-1795). After Wedgewood’s death, the fortunes of the Byerley family changed. Frances and her sister Maria set up a girl’s school to help support the family. The core curriculum, traditional enough on the surface, included “English Reading,” spelling, grammar, composition, geography and ancient and modern history. French, Italian, music, dancing, drawing, writing, and arithmetic rounded out a young woman’s education. This education was good enough for the Unitarians.
The Byerleys were Anglican, but their school attracted Harriet Martineau’s niece; Joseph Priestley’s granddaughters, Marianne and Sarah, sent to England from America; Julia Leigh Smith, and Elizabeth Stevenson, the future novelist Mrs. Gaskell.
The Byerley sisters also supported themselves through writing. Katherine Byerley (Thomson) is best known for her novels, in particular Constance (1833). Frances wrote Domestic Duties, reflecting the ethos of the Byerley school. The work was popular, going into a fourth edition by 1837, including several editions in the United States.
In dialogue form between a new bride and a long-married woman, Frances discussed friendship, dinner parties, servants, the nursery, clothing, linens, furniture, groceries, the wine cellar, cookery, nursing, exercise, dancing, and evenings at home. She stressed the moral and religious duties of the young housewife to her family. In 1811, Frances married Unitarian textile manufacturer William Parkes (1788-1840). The downfall of the Wedgewood fortune was harmful to Parkes as well. The success of Domestic Duties helped the couple’s finances, enabling William to build a solicitor’s practice.
13 Friday Jun 2014
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artists' books, Book Arts Program, Book Arts Studio, Boston College, College Book Arts Association, cyanotype, English, J. Willard Marriott Library, letterpress printing, Marnie Powers-Torrey, philosophy, photography, Red Butte Press, The University of Utah, Utah State Board of Education
The Book Arts Program presents
Sunlight on Paper: Prints of Blue
Saturday, August 16
1:30PM-5PM
Book Arts Studio, Level 4
J. Willard Marriott Library
Workshop Fee: $45
Materials Fee: $15
Produce vivid blue prints from opaque silhouettes, hand-drawn imagery, transparent photocopies, ortholithographic film, or digitally produced transparencies. With a simple set-up that can be repeated at home, expose hand-coated sheets to natural light for a unique, tactile photographic print. A thrilling new technology in the 1840s, the cyanotype is celebrated today for its hand-generated possibilities through low-tech practices.
Instructor Marnie Powers-Torrey holds an MFA in photography from the University of Utah and a BA in English and Philosophy from Boston College’s Honors Program. She is the Managing Director of the Book Arts Program and Red Butte Press, an Associate Librarian (Lecturer), and academic advisor for the minor and certificate in book arts. Marnie teaches letterpress printing, artists’ books, and other courses for the Book Arts Program and elsewhere. She is master printer for the Red Butte Press, harnessing the mighty printing power of a full staff of excellent printers. A founding member of the College Book Arts Association, she served as Awards Chair for three years and currently serves on the board of directors. Her work is exhibited and held in collections nationally.
Relicensure points are available from the Utah State Board of Education.
For more information:bookartsprogram@utah.edu or 801-585-9191
The Rare Books Division supports the Book Arts Program through its collections.
Photographers in Arizona, 1850-1020: A History and Directory
Jeremy Rowe
Nevada City, CA: Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997
TR24 A7 R69 1997b
From the colophon: “This special edition…is limited to 100 numbered copies, each including an original cyanotype printed in 1996 by James Hajicek from a vintage dry plate negative in the collection of Jeremy Rowe…” University of Utah copy is no. 92, signed by the author.
30 Friday May 2014
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Thanks to Olesya Trakhimets for the shout-out on her blog:
One Country at a Time: A Story About Peace Corps Adventures in Ghana
“…I just stood there with my mouth hanging open and feeling like I’m going to cry. VESALIUS?!!! VESALIUS?!!!”
We miss you, too, Olesya.
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