Rare Book School : 2004 Schedule
Dates :
Winter and Spring (January - May) 2004
Venue :
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Rare Book School :
Rare Book School (RBS) is pleased to announce its Winter and Early Spring
Sessions 2004, a collection of five-day, non-credit courses on topics
concerning rare books, manuscripts, the history of books and printing, and
special collections to be held at the University of Virginia.
For An Application Form and electronic copies of the complete brochure and
the RBS Expanded Course Descriptions, providing additional details about
the courses offered and other information about RBS, visit our Web site at:
http://www.rarebookschool.org
Subscribers to the list may find the following Rare Book School course to
be of particular interest:
14 (T-10). Introduction to the History of Typography (Monday-Friday, 5-9
January). A survey of European and American typographic history from 1450
to the present, but concentrating on the period 1480-1950. Topics will
include: the development of Roman and italic; from Old Style to
Transitional to Modern (Italian, French, Dutch, and English developments);
display types; the coming of machine composition and the historic revivals;
typeface nomenclature; and techniques for dating pre-1885 hand-set
typefaces and for naming post-1885 machine-set typefaces. In laboratory
sessions, students will have a chance to set type by hand, proof, and
print.
Instructor: Stanley Nelson.
Stanley Nelson has been a specialist for many years in the Graphic Arts
Collection of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution, and he has given many demonstrations and lectured widely on
various aspects of typographic history. He is both author and presenter in
the 1985 Book Arts Press videotape, From Punch to Printing Type: The Art
and Craft of Hand Punchcutting and Typecasting.
More Info :
Rare Book School
114 Alderman Library
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22903
USA
T : 434/924-8851
F : 434/924-8824
E : oldbooks@virginia.edu
W : http://www.rarebookschool.org
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