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The presentable book: publishers' bindings.
In 1990 the Library Company of Philadelphia stimulated interest in American embossed leather bindings with the publication of From Gothic Windows to Peacocks: American Embossed Leather Bindings, 1825-1855, by the late eminent bibliographer and Library Company librarian Edwin Wolf 2nd. Wolf's book brought attention to mass-produced leather bookbindings of the Victorian era, demonstrating that they deserve study as examples of American decorative arts. Following Wolf's lead, the Library Company's McLean conservation department has recorded many additional stamped and embossed bindings not in Wolf and it has also become a center for the study of nineteenth-century publishers' ...
- NYPL Receives a Conservation Grant.(New York Public Library)(Company Financial...
- Magazine article from: Computers in Libraries February 1, 2000 700+ words
...Goldsmith Conservation Laboratory of The New York Public Library's Research Libraries...productions will draw on the expertise of The New York Public Library's in-house conservators...to present case studies. Source: The New York Public Library, New York, 212/221...
- Museum accessions.(Benjamin Franklin's works Library Company of Philadelphia )
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Gustafson, Eleanor H. August 1, 2006 700+ words
...on view at the Library Company through December...Grolier Club in New York City from December...James Green, the Library Company librarian, writes...from the play New York as It Is, first...to the former Library Company research fellow...
- Banning of Slave Trade Bicentennial Commemorated in Philadelphia, April 10-12;...
- News wire article from: AScribe Law News Service March 6, 2008 700+ words
...is presented by the Library Company of Philadelphia...Founding Fathers" (New York University Press...director of the Library Company of Philadelphia...Pennsylvania and the Library Company of Philadelphia...
- OVID TO CONTRIBUTE CONTENT TO HARVARD MED SCHOOL'S CORE DIGITAL...
- Newspaper article from: Online Newsletter December 1, 2000 700+ words
...Kluwer Academic, and others. For further information and pricing contact: Ovid Technologies, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001. Telephone: (800) 950-2035 or (212) 563-3006. Fax: (212) 563-3784. URL: http://www.ovid...
- The Alexandria Library Company.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Libraries and the Cultural Record Valentine, Patrick M. March 22, 2008 700+ words
The Alexandria Library Company. By William Seale. Alexandria, Va.: Alexandria Library Company, 2007. xiv, 160 pp. $50.00. ISBN...incorporated four years later, the Alexandria Library Company is one of the oldest continuously operating...
- The history and collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia.
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Van Horne, John C. August 1, 2006 700+ words
The Library Company of Philadelphia was a typically...insight was the genesis of the Library Company of Philadelphia, so-called because...company. Franklin drafted the Library Company's plans, rules, and articles...
- Lynne Cheney Presents Library Company of Philadelphia With $10,000 Gift; Mrs....
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 9, 2002 700+ words
...BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2002 The Library Company of Philadelphia was awarded a $10...and Chief Executive Officer at The Library Company of Philadelphia Monday afternoon...and organizations -- such as the Library Company -- that foster the appreciation of...
- ADVISORY/Library Company Becomes Literary Landmark.
- Press release article from: Business Wire January 22, 2003 700+ words
...BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2003 The Library Company of Philadelphia (www.librarycompany...Monday, January 27th at 4 PM at The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust Street...Red Cloud, Nebraska), and now The Library Company of Philadelphia. The Library Company...