Collecting Trash: Wastepaper in Early American Bindings
When:
Saturday, Nov 09, 2024 5:30p -
6:30p
Saturday, Nov 09, 2024 5:30p -
6:30p
Where:
Hynes Convention Center
900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, Festivals & Fairs, History, Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
www.abaa.org/bostonbookfair
Bear, fox, skunk, raccoon, and muskrat bones. Earthenware vessels and ceramics in shards. Tobacco pipes. Clam and mussel shells. These are the typical contents of an 18th-century trash pit from New England. But there are never any books. Instead, printed waste was part of the larger ecosystem of 18th-century printing, binding, and bookselling. It was incorporated into the bindings of many early American books, just as it is today embedded in the very fabric of life around us. In this talk, Ashley Cataldo introduces the many uses of printed waste in early American bookbinding, drawn from the collections of the American Antiquarian Society, from the 1640 Bay Psalm Book to 19th-century printed books from Hawaii.
Ashley Cataldo, Curator of Manuscripts, American Antiquarian Society, will present a talk on Collecting Trash: Wastepaper in Early American Bindings (sponsored by the Bibliographical Society of America).
The 46th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) is a three-day event featuring 100+ top international dealers offering the most sought-after collections of fine and rare books, maps, illustrations, and ephemera on the global market.
