Exhibition Lecture | Incunabula of the Second Printing Revolution

Founded in 1884, the Grolier Club is America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts in the graphic arts. Named for Jean Grolier (1489 or 90-1565), the Renaissance collector renowned for sharing his library with friends, the Club’s objective is to promote “the study, collecting, and appreciation of books and works on paper.” Through the concerted efforts of an international network of over eight hundred men and women—book and print collectors, antiquarian book dealers, librarians, designers, fine printers, binders, and other artisans—the Grolier Club pursues this mission through its library, its public exhibitions and lectures, and its long and distinguished series of publications.

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Jeremy Norman will lecture on the complex parameters defining incunabula of the second printing revolution, a period marked by the adopted of mechanized technologies in book production. A series of overlapping innovations in steam power, papermaking, typesetting, and bookbinding throughout the nineteenth century transformed the rate and quality of book production, leading to an explosion of reading material in continental Europe and the United States. Jeremy will discuss the difficulties of identifying the earliest examples of these new technologies in print.

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