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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Who is the Mystery Pre-Cosway Binding Binder?

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by Stephen J. Gertz [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. Etrennes historiques,  ou mélange curieux d'anecdotes Instructives & nécessaires  ...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Hooking-Up Through the London Review of Books

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by Stephen J. Gertz Volume 33 No. 2. 20 January 2011. It's been awhile since we last visited the London Review of Books to furthe...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Extremely Rare Turkey Mill Ream Wrapper Surfaces

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by Stephen J. Gertz A scarce ream wrapper, c. 1830s, from the historic English Turkey Mill, a major British papermaker with roots dating...
Monday, January 17, 2011

Swine at War: 16th Century Poem or Pork-Barrel Congress?

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All the world's a sty and all the men and women merely oinkers... by Stephen J. Gertz In Ausberg 1530, Heinrich Stayner printed a ...

For All The World To See: Images of The Fight For Civil Rights

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By Nancy Mattoon Emmett Till At Age 13, One Year Before His Murder. Photographer Unknown, 1954. (All Images Courtesy of Center For Art, Des...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

A Very Sweet 1001 Nights

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by Stephen J. Gertz ASSOURD, René (binder). Le Livre des Mille Nuits et Une Nuit. 12 books in 12 volumes, each extravagantly gilt decor...

Comics Get Stripped At The Museum Of Sex

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By Nancy Mattoon A History Of Dirty Drawings By Craig Yoe, Curator of the Comics Stripped Exhibit. One of the greatest things about art, wh...
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