Alastair Johnston will present a spirited tour of the Robert Grabhorn Collection on the History of Printing and the Development of the Book on
Wednesday, March 4th, at 6pm, in the Koret Auditorium of the Main Library.
Johnston, of Poltroon Press, is an old friend of the Marjorie G. and Carl W.Stern Book Arts & Special Collections Center and has worked extensively
with the collections. He promises a lively and fascinating illustrated talk,
full of surprises, about one of the most important collections at the San
Francisco Public Library. For a preview, we recommend Alastair’s article on the
collection, which can be found on our website.
Here's a taste of what will he'll be discussing:
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| Oliver Byrne, The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid. (Chiswick Press, 1847) |
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| Libro del Cosmographia. (Pedro Apiano,1548) |
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| Margaret Rust, The Queen of the Fishes. (Eragny Press, 1894)
Alastair Johnston is the author of Transitional Faces: The Lives & Work
of Richard Austin, Type-cutter and Richard Turner Austin, Wood-engraver (2013),
Typographic Tourists: Tales of the Tramping Printer (2012), Alphabets to Order
(2000), A Bibliography of the White Rabbit Press (1985), A Bibliography of the
Auerhahn Press (1976), and other works.
Author's photo courtesy Grace Gomez.
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