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John Hersey: A Collection Of First Editions, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
John Hersey: A Collection Of First Editions, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
The exhibit accompanied by this catalog was mounted to display the collection of John Hersey first editions assembled by Harry E. Hootman, the 2003 winner of the Thomas Cooper Society Student Book Collecting Award.
Printing And The Renaissance World, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Printing And The Renaissance World, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
This catalog accompanied the exhibit which illustrated the development and impact of printing, from Johann Gutenberg's mid-fifteenth century invention in Germany of moveable type, through its effects for the Renaissance in classical learning, for the Reformation in religion, for science and geography during the age of exploration, and (more briefly) for illustration, science, and literature. Among the items on display are an illuminated medieval manuscript codex from c. 1420; an early printed book from 1483, with hand-colored initials, and its original wooden binding; a wood-engraving by the German artist Albrecht Durer; a leaf from the 1611 first edition of the …
Chaucer And The Canterbury Tales, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Chaucer And The Canterbury Tales, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
This catalog accompanied the exhibit of materials from the University of South Carolina’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, which featured original material alongside modern high-quality reproductions of the most important of the Chaucer manuscripts and of the early printed editions of his work.
Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Bicentenary Exhbition, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Bicentenary Exhbition, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
This catalog accompanied the exhibit and provides a permanent record of the Ralph Waldo Emerson bicentenary exhibition at the Thomas Cooper Library. Among the items in this exhibit are manuscripts, letters, first editions, association copies and memorabilia. On display are only a relatively small number of items which are in the Emerson holdings in the larger collection, but make clear the range, depth and quality of the outstanding materials that the Myerson Collection contains.