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APHA Newsletter No. 165 (Winter 2008) Libraries and the Getty Research Institute for their gener- Newsletter ous donation of space and personnel (and thanks to all of Number 165 our volunteers!). We are also deeply grateful to the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and to the Southern Chapter Winter 2008 of the American Antiquarian Booksellers Association for magnanimous funding assisting graduate students and sub- sidizing support for speakers. Particular thanks to the apha Southern California Chapter Board, who did so much to plan the conference and were instrumental in mak- ing things happen: Richenda Brim, Ryan Hildebrand, Report on the 2007 Annual Conference, Steve MacLeod, and Kitty Maryatt. Other members of the “Transformations: The Persistence Planning Committee (not on the board), who also helped to moderate panels, included Cristina Favretto, Jennifer of Aldus Manutius” Schaffner, Nina Schneider, Deborah Whiteman, and Susan Allen. Finally, thanks to other members of the ucla & getty research institute, Planning Committee: Linda Ninomiya and Gary Strong, october 1113, 2007 Rhonda Super, and Vi Ha. Again, particular thanks to our Local Arrangements Chair, Gary Strong, and to our Pro- apha’s 2007 annual conference was a resounding grams Chair, Kitty Maryatt, for a superb conference. success. The theme was decided at an early meeting that Paul Romaine, was inspired by ucla’s Aldus Vice-President for Programs Manutius holdings, which in turn suggested our keynote speaker. Kitty Maryatt de- following our recep- signed the program and logo. tion at the ucla Faculty Cristina Favretto curated the Center’s California Room, exhibit of Aldines, which was and the conference banquet, supplemented by books that H. George Fletcher, Brooke demonstrated Aldus’s contin- Russell Astor Director for uous effect upon printing and Special Collections at the bookmaking both of his own New York Public Library, and day and of succeeding eras, in- a renowned expert on Aldus cluding the present. Seven Manutius, gave our keynote members of apha’s Southern address: “Aldus, ucla, and California Chapter agreed to Me.” He spoke illuminatingly be moderators and to write up Kitty Maryatt, Scripps College Press, shows a facsimile sheet from the on Aldus as if he had been a reports on the talks for this Gutenberg Bible, printed by her students. Photo: Paul Romaine. close friend, describing how Newsletter. As befits a meet- Aldus was frustrated by war- ing with such a revered subject and so many interesting fare and economic difficulties and how he chafed at the tight speakers, we had vigorous conference attendance numbers: control over Venetian life by authorities. Aldus was 53 when 113 people registered for the conference and 103 attended; 74 he married and had five children, thus starting the Aldine people reserved for the banquet-keynote speech on Thurs- dynasty that lasted until nearly the end of the 16th century. day. Many thanks to Steve Crook for maintaining the list of His own printing program spanned the years 1495 to 1514, registrants, and for handling registrations and reservations. including the publishing of 31 Greek editions in 38 volumes, Kudos to the indefatigable Kitty Maryatt and Gary Strong as well as texts in Latin and Italian. Fletcher noted that the for their superb organizational skills, as well as to our hosts, scholarly editions printed by Aldus had wide margins for Gary Strong of the ucla Libraries, and Susan Allen of the annotation, and that the books were generally more vertical Getty Research Institute; we are very grateful to the ucla than the squarer, double-columned texts usual for the time. Aldus printed quartos for didactic purposes, while reserv- Jacobson of Gutenberg Expositions and Ernest A. Lindner ing octavos for literary texts. Fletcher has seen the annotat- to house the Lindner Collection of Antique Printing Ma- ed works of Aldus in Paris, so in answer to a question, he chinery. Executive Director Mark Barbour showed us the was able to confirm that the handwriting on one volume Museum’s replica Gutenberg Press, an 1838 Columbian, displayed in the conference exhibit is not the Aldine hand. 1829 and 1839 Albions, and other antique printing presses. Fletcher masterfully brought Aldus to life and confirmed The museum also possesses a variety of typesetting equip- the persistence of his innovations. ment, as well as punches and several hand casters. Mark is Friday gave us a splendid array of panels, as detailed in particularly fond of showing visitors the circa 1890 Typo- the paragraphs that follow. On Saturday, conference par- graph Linecasting Machine, where the matrices are sus- ticipants could choose between several excellent presenta- pended on wires, and, when activated by the keyboard, slide tions, with carpools ably organized by Steve MacLeod. by gravity into casting position. Huell Howser recently vis- At the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Head ited the museum and produced a show for “California’s Librarian Bruce Whiteman gave an overview of how the Gold” on PBS. There is also an extensive back area, in which Clark, close to the original ucla campus downtown, came a mind-boggling array of salvaged printing equipment is to be given to ucla, and shared details of its extensive stored. Mark encourages all printing aficionados to visit the collections. He brought out about 25 fascinating books for museum. viewing, and let us handle all but one or two of them. We Kitty Maryatt examined an original 17th-century Mechanick Exercises: or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works by Joseph Moxon, and turned the pages from one lively image to the next. There were panel one: aldus manutius friendly arguments over the multicolored wood engravings in Peau Brune, published in 1931 by Swiss-born François- G. Scott Clemons opened Panel One with “Saved by Typo- Louis Schmied. The 21st century was represented by a graphy: The Aldine Contribution to the Preservation of dramatic twin-towered artist’s book produced by Werner Greek Literature,” a presentation underscoring the impor- Pfeiffer in response to the 9/11 attack, called Out of the Sky. The variety of remarkable rare books we looked at was ex- citing and showed us just the tip of the iceberg as far as the The APHA Newsletter Clark’s holdings go. www.printinghistory.org Curator Steve Tabor arranged for us to see about 25 VICE-PRESIDENT FOR PUBLICATIONS books from the Huntington Library as well. Among these Martin Antonetti <[email protected]> treasures was a music book with parts printed upside down EDITOR on half of the page (so that four singers could gather around Brian Frykenberg <[email protected]> a single text). Next to it was a book designed by Bruce PRODUCTION EDITOR Paul Moxon <[email protected]> Rogers, printed with gold-leaf medallions as chapter open- PROOFREADERS ings. We learned that Rogers had printed these with var- Martin Antonetti and Stephen Crook nish, laid the gold leaf, printed with varnish a second time in perfect register, added a second coating of gold leaf, The Editorial Committee welcomes your news, announce- ments, comments & corrections. Address all correspondence to: and then printed the image in black on top of the gold— AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION spectacular! We saw a block book printed in the 1460s, Post Office Box 4519, Grand Central Station,ny 10163-4519 adjacent to a book that manifested the first printing of or- The APHA Newsletter is published four times yearly by the naments. A small William Blake book with its individ- American Printing History Association. Subscriptions are through membership in apha. Individual membership ual pages encapsulated for protection lay near a William for the calendar year is $45; Institutional, $55; Contribut- Morris book which was accompanied by drawings of the ing, $90; Sustaining, $200; Benefactor, $500. Membership typeface designed by Morris himself. Steve Tabor kindly also includes a subscription to Printing History, apha’s semi- annual scholarly journal. Advertising in The APHA Newslet- gave two separate tours for the attentive and grateful con- ter is available for $85 a quarter page; $ 155 a half page; $255 ference attendees. a full page. Copyright © 2008 by the American Printing Other participants drove to the International Printing History Association. All rights reserved. Museum in Carson, which was founded in 1988 by David apha Newsletter · Winter 2008 · tance of Aldus Manutius’s innovations in printing and pub- panel two: nineteenth-century views lishing for the survival of ancient Greek literary culture. Twenty years after the invention of moveable type, no books In “Rooted in Barbarous Soil: Bringing Print Culture to the had been printed in ancient Greek, and less than a dozen Golden Shore, 1834–1858,” Gary F. Kurutz detailed the were printed before Aldus established his press. Clemons introduction of printing to Alta California by Agustín explained that early attempts at Greek typefaces were ham- Zamarano, focusing on the story of Zamarano’s press. pered by the complexities of the ancient Greek alphabet, After an 18,000-mile trip from Boston to Alta California, with its breathing marks, accents, and iota subscripts. In- the old and worn Ramage press was initially used for fairly deed, in 1490, students of ancient Greek literature and cul- primitive projects, but flexibility and adaptability were ever ture still relied heavily on the manuscript tradition. Aldus present as the press evolved towards greater uses. Walter took his cue from this tradition to develop the Greek types Colton and Robert Semple printed California’s first news- used in the Aldine publications. His press also broadened paper in 1846, using Zamarano’s “stiff and rheumatic” press. the market for Greek education and instruction by printing Following the discovery of gold, printers rushed to Califor- five grammar books in addition to the classics of Greek lit- nia seeking their fortunes as well. By 1850 there were 50 erature.
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