Book Artifacts Collection, Circa 2345 B.C.-1993 A.D
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/hb6d5nb8db Online items available Finding Aid for the Book Artifacts Collection, circa 2345 B.C.-1993 A.D. (bulk circa 1510-1976) Regena Rosati The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ © 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Book Artifacts BART 1 1 Collection, circa 2345 B.C.-1993 A.D. (bulk circa 1510-1976) Finding Aid for the Book Artifacts Collection, circa 2345 B.C.-1993 A.D. (bulk circa 1510-1976) Collection number: BART 1 The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Finding Aid Author(s): Regena Rosati Date Completed: August 2012 Finding Aid Encoded By: GenX © 2014 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title: Book Artifacts Collection Date (inclusive): circa 2345 B.C.-1993 A.D. Date (bulk): circa 1510-1976 Collection Number: BART 1 Extent: ca. 1360 items(4 selected digital objects) Repository: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Abstract: The Book Artifacts Collection contains material relating to the development of writing, the history of printing, and the book arts (circa 2345 B.C.-1993 A.D.). This collection of artifacts and other realia illustrates various aspects of book production and design, from early cuneiform clay tablets, papyri, seals, and other writing materials, book curiosities and miniature books to the 20th century book, including printing presses and later 20th century printing devices. The bulk of the collection deals with hand and machine printing and binding. The collection includes specimens of various types of binding, binder's tools and equipment; illustration, relief, photographic and photomechanical processes; paper-making; practical pressroom and composing room equipment and presses; type design, type founding, and type-setting; music engraving; cartography; and specialty printing. Languages Represented: Collection materials are in Multiple languages Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog. Access Information Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, Finding Aid for the Book Artifacts BART 1 2 Collection, circa 2345 B.C.-1993 A.D. (bulk circa 1510-1976) privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html Preferred Citation [Identification of item], The book : artifacts related to the development of writing and the production of books, [ca. 2345 B.C.-ca. 1993 A.D.] (bulk ca. 1510-1976 A.D.), BART 1, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Removed or Separated Material BART 1 A5087 is located in the Center for Tebtunis Papyri (O.Berkeley 1). BART 1 A5088 is located in the Center for Tebtunis Papyri (No. 1-30 in O.Tebt (3, 5, 14, 16, and 18 are recorded as missing)). BART 1 A5P27 is unaccessioned currently but held by the Center for Tebtunis Papyri. BART 1 A5S86, No. 2 is located in the Center for Tebtunis Papyri (labeled Egyptian Stone Writing). BART 1 A5W66 is located in the Center for Tebtunis Papyri (T.Tebt. 1). Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog Binding finishing hardware Bookbinding equipment Computers Cutting tools Electrotypes (printing plates/blocks) Flong Galleys (type composition equipment) Imposition (Printing) Matrices (copper molds) Miniature books (Publishing) Molds (papermaking) Movable type Octavo format (Printing) Papermaking tools and equipment Papyri Photoengravings (prints) Printers' devices (Printing) Printing press components Printing presses Proofs (Printing) Quarto format (Printing) Seals (artifacts) Stereotypes (printing plates/blocks) Tablets Type specimens Typewriters Wood blocks (printing blocks) Items from various sources, including gifts to the library. Scope and Content Note The Book Artifacts Collection contains material relating to the development of writing, the history of printing, and the book arts (circa 2345 B.C.-1993 A.D.). This collection of artifacts and other realia illustrates various aspects of book production Finding Aid for the Book Artifacts BART 1 3 Collection, circa 2345 B.C.-1993 A.D. (bulk circa 1510-1976) and design, from early cuneiform clay tablets, papyri, seals, and other writing materials, to book curiosities, miniature books, and the 20th century book, including printing presses and later 20th century printing devices. The bulk of the collection consists of hand and machine printing and binding. The collection includes specimens of various types of binding, binder's tools and equipment; illustration, relief, photographic and photomechanical processes; paper-making; practical pressroom and composing room equipment and presses; type design, type founding, and type-setting; music engraving; cartography; and specialty printing. The collection comprises materials that have come from a variety of sources, mostly through gifts and donations. Leslie Clark, who was in charge of rare books and book artifacts until her death in 1979, devised the original classification scheme, which is composed of nineteen series that are alphanumerically ordered from A5 to Z(0-6). The Guide to the Book Artifacts Collection (Flora Elizabeth Reynolds, 2nd, 1999) (the “Guide”) provides an overview of the collection at a series level and cursory overview at the item level. The series level descriptions from the Guide are included in this finding aid. The Register for the Book Artifacts Collection (the “Register”) is composed of four volumes and provides a complete description of the collection at an item level and detailed subject and name index for the collection circa 1986; the Guide includes additional updates to the collection between 1986-1999. This finding aid references both the Register and the Guide to provide for the most comprehensive and consistent series, sub-series and item level descriptions of the artifacts in the collection. The Register has been transcribed into this finding aid to the extent that it could be copied. Therefore, pages that include decorations or hand-written notes were not transcribed. However, the Register has been digitized and is available in four searchable PDF documents (one PDF document per volume) with this finding aid. The majority of this collection consists of artifacts that relate to the processes of hand and machine printing and binding. Series B5 and Series B6 include materials relating to case, or commercial bookbinding and the hand binding of books, respectively. Series B6 is a large collection that includes sewing supplies, nipping presses, finishing tools, and illustrations of the hand binding process. Series D4 is the Cheri Archive, which includes Peter Koch’s records and working papers for the production of an English translation of Colette’s novel Cheri. Series F6, Format, Imposition, Register and Folding, includes a series of imposition examples, which represent the important pre-press process of arranging the printed book’s pages on a printer’s sheet to allow for faster printing and easier binding. Series I4 and I5, Design, Decoration, and Illustration, contain artifacts and examples of design, decoration and illustration in books. Series I4, Hand Illumination, includes an example of hand illumination. Series I5, Intaglio and Relief Processes, consists of woodblocks, woodcuts, wood engravings, etching and linocuts. Series I52, Electrotyping and Stereotyping, includes electrotyping and stereotyping plates for the reproduction of illustrations and other printed matter. Series I53, Photographic Processes, consists of halftone photoengravings and lithography. Series I54, Photochemical Processes, relates to photochemical processes such as photopolymer printing. Series I55, Prints, Proofs and Drawings, includes examples of various printing processes such as woodblocks, woodcuts, wood engravings, and photoengravings. Series P2, Papermaking and Trade, Handmade Paper and Machine-Made Paper, includes equipment for papermaking and samples of hand-made and machine-made paper. Series P7, Practical Printing, Pressroom and Composing Equipment, contains printing tools, types and equipment. Many of these items are in the Press Room of The Bancroft Library and are used