ENG 350: Senior Seminar
"For the love of books”: introduction to bibliography
January 29: Introduction to Bibliography
What is bibliography?
The hand press and machine press periods
Entry description workshop
Leslie Howsam, The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book
Study guides: Sojourner Truth, Phyllis Wheatley, Emma Goldman, Yolanda Bonhomme, Rosa May Biillinghurst, Ida B. Wells, Mary Seacole, and Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer
February 5: 500 years of Women’s Work: The Lisa Unger Baskin Collection
Class meets at 6:45pm The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street between Madison & Park Avenues!
Complete and post your study guide PDFs by Sunday night at 10 pm on Blackboard’s “Discussion Board.”
Read all other study guides after Sunday evening, before your visit.
Buy (or arrange a bookshare for) our class textbook (Gaskell).
Watch this video and read about the exhibit (handout from class).
Read the Times article on The Grolier Club’s anniversary, “A Book Haven Turns 100”
February 12: no class - lincoln’s birthday
Write your Grolier Club Field Report and post on Blackboard
february 19: Paper
Read Leslie Howsam, “The Study of Book History” (handout)
Quiz on Bibliography Basics from Class 1
Read Gaskell 57-77 and/or McKerrow 97-108, 73-96
Just for fun: “Papr” video from The Colbert Show
February 26: Type, Composition, & imposition
Study for Quiz on Type and Paper
Read Gaskell 9-39, 40-56, 81-87 or McKerrow 6-24, 175-199, 288-318
Type report: research a font of your choice (from any era) and write up a one-page informational report.
Read a chapter of your choice from A.F. Johnso’n’s Type designs: Their History and Development: Introduction; Roman; Italics; Script; or Advertising Type
No regular Wednesday class.
Watch Videos:
Fonts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOgIkxAfJsk
A Brief History of Type: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XohCW4ecYyg
How to measure type:http://moodle.etcportal.org/mod/book/view.php?id=2297
Composition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iGqHIqBzis
Friday, March 6: New York International Antiquarian Book Fair
Class meets at the Park Avenue Armory on 643 Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets at 4 pm.
March 11: the center for book arts
Class meets at 28 West 27th Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue at 7pm.
Field Report due on a bookstall or artifact from the NY Antiquarian Book Fair.
March 18: Presswork & Bookbinding
Study for Quiz on Type
Read Gaskell, 118-141 and 146-153 or McKerrow 38-72
Read Howsam, “Book History in the classroom”
March 25: illustration processes
Review your notes for a quiz on type and binding
Read Gaskell 145-159, 266-273 or McKerrow 109-120
Read all the other posted Field Reports from the Antiquarian Book Fair
April 1: PForzheimer Collection: Shelley and His Circle
Class meets at the NYPL Main Branch, Schwarzman Building at 475 Fifth Avenue, between 40th and 42nd Streets.
April 7: Provenance & Collecting
Read Gaskell 189-265 or McKerrow 231-238
Read Leah Price, What We Mean When We Talk About Books and this review by Robert Patten
We’ll begin Digital Projects in class
Spring Break: April 8-16
Watch American Animals (2018 film)
Field report on an item from the Berg Collection due April 8
April 17: Christie’s fine books and manuscripts
Class meets in the lobby of 20 Rockefeller Plaza at 4pm.
Information on the Christie's Books & Manuscripts department
April 29: Eric Holzenberg private collection
Class meets downstairs of the Fordham Road 4 subway station at 6:15 p.m.
Field report on Christie’s trip due
May 6: Book Societies & Bibliographic institutions
Field report on one item from the Schwarz collection due
Read Gaskell 201-213
In class: The Machine Press Period (1800-1950); Exit Description Workshop
Digital Projects are due Sunday, May 10 at 10pm
May 13: Conclusions
Digital Project unveiling
Final Exam Review