It's Friday, and it's raining here in Danbury. So what else is new? I'm swamped with the start of the new semester, that's what. But I am also privileged to have a copy of the most beautiful textbook that I have ever had the pleasure to buy. I never had anything like this in any of the math or computer science classes I ever took.
You can search for the Smithsonian Book of Books in Worldcat, which will find you a copy in a library near you. Not all libraries with on-line catalogs participate in WorldCat, so you might want to check your local libraries, too.
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That must have been a great hands-on experience.
I was familiar with William Morris as a designer--patterns and other decorative work--but I wasn't aware of the book connection until I found his volume "The Ideal Book" at the Southern library. What a beautiful book, complete with rubrics!
Our instructor, Prof. Mary Brown, has studied printing and bookbinding, and once ran a small press. It's obvious from her choice of textbook, as well as some of the on-line exhibits we've looked at, that she believes the esthetic satisfaction of books (versus electronic publishing) is still important.
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