Booking Essential Booking essential MESSAGE FROM THE LORD MAYOR OF

The is proud to be associated with ANZAAB in bringing the Melbourne Rare Book Week 2014 to life.

Melbourne Rare Book Week 2014 helps to build on our city’s reputation as a Knowledge City and highlights our status as a UNESCO city of literature.

Local libraries, booksellers and book-lovers have joined with the Melbourne Rare Book Week to ensure it’s success. As a free event, open to anyone who is interested in attending, it provides an opportunity to discover Melbourne’s libraries and book shops and the breadth of their collections. It is great to see Rare Book Week reaching out to young people through the Melbourne Libraries event at .

Thanks must go to ANZAAB for, once again, bringing the Melbourne Rare Book Week to fruition. It is a wonderful way to celebrate books and the pleasure of collecting them.

Robert Doyle Lord Mayor MELBOURNE RARE BOOK WEEK PROGRAM EVENTS

Thursday July 17 Medium Rare 4 The Wheeler Centre Friday July 18 The Library at The Dock Tours 4 Library at The Dock La Trobe’s other library: , Redmond Barry and the Library of the Supreme Court of 4 The C. J. La Trobe Society Saturday July 19 Rare Book Discovery Day 5 Museum Victoria A Collector’s Journey 5 The Johnson Society of Australia Sunday July 20 ’This Won’t Hurt a Bit’ 5 Old Treasury Building Monday July 21 John Kirtley and the making of Heemskerck Shoals 6 State Library of Victoria Fine Impressions: Artists’ books at the State Library 6 State Library of Victoria On Target Through Time: The Meanings of the Robin Hood Myth 6 Friends of the Baillieu Library Syphilis: a Forerunner of AIDS 7 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Tuesday July 22 Woodpeckers and Birds of Paradise: Exotic illustrations from either side of the Wallace Line 7 State Library of Victoria ’Age cannot wither them, nor custom stale their infinite variety’ 7 Baillieu Library, The case behind the Judge Willis Case 8 Royal Historical Society of Victoria

Darwin and evolution 8 State Library of Victoria Dust Jackets 8 Matheson Library, Monash University Treasures of a 124-year-old library 9 Royal United Services Institute of Victoria 1 EVENTS

Wednesday July 23 S. T. Gill’s ‘Victoria: gold diggings and diggers as they are’ (1852): Fact or fiction? 9 State Library of Victoria Collecting Sport: an under-explored passion 9 Melbourne Cricket Club Library Dancing by the light of the moon: The art and nonsense verse of Edward Lear 10 State Library of Victoria An Anniversary Celebration. Songs in Irish and English from the Nicholas O’Donnell Collection 10 St Mary’s Newman Academic Centre Tunnel Books 10 Melbourne Athenaeum Library A Life with Books 11 Reader’s Feast Bookstore Thursday July 24 The Art of Prayer: Medieval liturgical manuscripts in the State Library collection 11 State Library of Victoria Tunnel Books and other Illuminations 11 Melbourne Athenaeum Library Charting a course: Nautical charts in the State Library’s Map Collection 12 State Library of Victoria The hanged and the saved: death and mercy in colonial Victoria 12 Dr Cowlishaw’s Collection 12 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Friday July 25 Legal Luminaries and their books 13 Supreme Court of Victoria Library An artist’s utopia. Mortimer Menpes, printmaker, author, Japanophile 13 Grainger Museum

Friday July 25 – Sunday July 27 Melbourne Rare Book Fair 13–14 Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers Saturday July 26 – Sunday July 27 Cultural Treasures Festival 14 The University of Melbourne Sunday July 27 The print medium employed 15 Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne

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In the beginning : Gutenberg’s bible on view in the Baillieu Library 15 Special Collections, University Library, University of Melbourne

Mirror of the World: Books and Ideas 16 State Library of Victoria

‘Radicals, slayers and villains’ 16 Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne

Highlights from an Irish library 16 St Mary’s Newman Academic Centre

Kyoko Imazu: Artist in Residence 17 Melbourne Athenaeum Library

Eclectic: an exhibit of rare books 17 Library at The Dock re. reading Pound in the Lenton Parr Library 17 Victorian College of the Arts

Dust jackets: Judging a book by its cover Matheson Library, Monash University 18

OTHER

Future Dates 15 Nite Art 18 18

Sponsors 18 Partners 19 Venue Sponsors 19

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3 ------THURSDAY JULY 17 space, meeting rooms, activity spaces, editing and recording studios, thus enabling people to come together to create, explore, connect, belong, learn and participate. As the first public CLT building in Australia this civic heart is built with a vision for environmental excellence, optimising sustainable performance by using a range of initiatives including a combination of engineered timber and MEDIUM RARE reclaimed hardwood. Presented by: The Wheeler Centre Time 11–11.45am and 2–2.45pm Panellists: Michael Cathcart, Venue Library at The Dock Emily Gale, Louise Swinn, 107 Victoria Harbour Prm, Tony Wilson Docklands Phone +61 3 9658 9998 This year the Wheeler Centre is Bookings melbourne.vic.gov.au/ taking an alternative approach to our melbournelibraryservice celebration of Melbourne Rare Book Week. Host Michael Cathcart, Sleeper’s Publishing’s Louise Swinn and authors Tony Wilson and Emily Gale tell us about the books they wish were rare. The titles they’re sick to death of, the ones that make them shake their literary fists in despair. LA TROBE’S OTHER Join us in the brand new Library LIBRARY at The Dock for the biggest literary takedown of the year. Charles La Trobe, Redmond Barry and the Library of the Supreme Time 6.30–7.30pm Court of Victoria. An illustrated Venue Library at The Dock lecture 107 Victoria Harbour Prm, Docklands Presented by: The C. J. La Trobe Web wheelercentre.com Society Speaker: Dr Sue Reynolds ------FRIDAY JULY 18 Founded in 2001, the La Trobe Society was established to promote recognition and understanding of the achievements in the develop- ment of Victoria of Charles Joseph La Trobe, Superintendent of the Port Phillip District, 1839-1851, and first Lieutenant Governor of the new colony from 1851. Dr Sue Reynolds will present this lecture highlighting the cultural foundations on which Victoria is built, with a focus on the establishment and development of the Supreme Court. THE LIBRARY AT THE Time 6.30–8.30pm DOCK TOUR Venue Morgans at 401 401 Collins Street, Presented by: Library at The Dock Melbourne The Library at The Dock is a Phone +61 3 9646 2112 community hub providing (leave voice message) contemporary library and community Email [email protected] facilities, including a performance Web latrobesociety.org.au

4 Booking Essential ------SATURDAY JULY 19 Presented by: The Johnson Society of Australia Speaker: John W. Byrne John Byrne purchased his first book by Samuel Johnson in 1964. 50 years later he has a library of international repute, including first editions, association copies, a Johnson manuscript and more than 250 copies of Johnson’s only novel Rasselas. John is a Governor of Doctor Johnson’s House, London and has been President of Johnsonian Societies in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. He is the current President of the Johnson RARE BOOK Society of Australia (Inc,). DISCOVERY DAY Time 2.30–4pm Is there gold in your garage? Venue Tonic House (Ground Floor) Presented by: Museum Victoria 386 Flinders Lane, Are your family favourites, collected Melbourne items or inherited books of sentimen- Phone +61 3 5470 6644 tal or market value? Visitors may Email [email protected] bring up to three items for discussion ------SUNDAY JULY 20 and informal appraisals from a panel of leading antiquarian book, print and map dealers. The Museum’s paper conservator is also available to offer advice on caring for books and other printed material, and recommenda- tions for correct storage.

Time 11am–2pm Venue (Activity Room A) 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton Phone +61 3 8341 7777 or 1300 130 152 Email [email protected] Web museumvictoria.com.au/ melbournemuseum/whatson ‘THIS WON’T HURT A BIT’ Presented by: Old Treasury Building Speaker: Robyn Annear From Weston’s Wizard Oil to dentistry-by-verse, Robyn Annear will chart a queasy course through the rich history of quackery and questionable cures in 19th-century Melbourne.

Time 1.30–2.30pm Venue Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, A COLLECTOR’S Melbourne JOURNEY Phone +61 3 9651 2233 A 50 year adventure in the world Email [email protected] of Johnson and Boswell Web oldtreasurybuilding.org.au

Booking Essential 5 ------MONDAY JULY 21 Time 2–2.45pm Venue McArthur Gallery State Library of Victoria (meet in front foyer) 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne Phone +61 3 8664 7099 Email [email protected] Web slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on

JOHN KIRTLEY AND THE MAKING OF HEEMSKERCK SHOALS Library expeditions 1 Presented by: State Library of Victoria Presenter: John Arnold ON TARGET THROUGH Join our guest speakers and curatorial TIME staff as they delve into our rare and The Meanings of the Robin Hood curious collections. Myth Time 11–11.45am Presented by: Friends of the Venue McArthur Gallery Baillieu Library State Library of Victoria Speaker: Professor Stephen (meet in front foyer) Knight 328 Swanston Street, In this talk, Stephen Knight will look Melbourne Phone +61 3 8664 7099 at the main formations of the mythic Email [email protected] identity of Robin Hood, in turn as Web slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on forest yeoman, Earl of Huntington, Saxon nationalist and international liberal, with the overall purpose of charting briefly the rich and volatile history of this potent and essentially political myth.

Time 6–7.30pm Venue Leigh Scott Room Baillieu Library FINE IMPRESSIONS: University of Melbourne Grattan Street, Carlton ARTISTS’ BOOKS AT THE Phone +61 3 8344 5997 STATE LIBRARY Email [email protected] Library expeditions 2 Web unimelb.edu.au/ Presented by: State Library of culturalcollections/links/ programme2014.html Victoria Presenter: Des Cowley Join our guest speakers and curatorial staff as they delve into our rare and curious collections.

6 Booking Essential Time 11–11.45am Venue McArthur Gallery, State Library of Victoria (meet in front foyer) 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne SYPHILIS: A Phone +61 3 8664 7099 FORERUNNER OF AIDS Email [email protected] Presented by: Royal Australasian Web slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on College of Surgeons Speaker: Mr Ian McInnes OAM FRACS Syphilis was one of the great scourges of the 18th and 19th centuries. It was recognized as a sexually transmitted disease, but its causes and nature were not understood. Treatment was difficult and a cure unknown. Sufferers died in the tertiary stage of the disease, often insane. One of the first to publish a clinical study of syphilis was the anatomist John Hunter (1728-1792). In this lecture Mr Ian McInnes will discuss Hunter’s contribution to our ‘AGE CANNOT WITHER understanding of syphilis, a disease THEM, NOR CUSTOM which in so many ways paralleled the STALE THEIR INFINITE 20th-century scourge of AIDS. VARIETY’ Time 7–8pm A talk in association with Venue Hughes Room ‘Radicals, Slayers and Villains’: Royal Australasian College Prints from the Baillieu Library, of Surgeons University of Melbourne College of Surgeons Gardens Presented by: University of Spring and Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne Special Collections Melbourne Phone +61 3 9276 7447 Speaker: Dr Colin Holden ‘Radicals, Slayers and Villains’ shows ------TUESDAY JULY 22 controversial figures from history that have challenged the status-quo and helped shape our world. The striking imagery of these works is captured by seminal artists including Dürer, Goya and Rembrandt. The artists in the exhibition have been instrumental in the development of Western art and the universal theme of the individual and his or her role in society. It is WOODPECKERS AND BIRDS OF PARADISE: currently on display in the Noel Shaw EXOTIC ILLUSTRATIONS Gallery, Baillieu Library until 3 FROM EITHER SIDE OF August 2014. THE WALLACE LINE Time 11.30am–1pm Library expeditions 3 Venue Noel Shaw Gallery Presented by: State Library of Baillieu Library Victoria University of Melbourne Grattan Street, Carlton Presenter: John Kean Phone +61 3 8344 7617 Join our guest speakers and curatorial Web library.unimelb.edu.au/ staff as they delve into our rare and radicals curious collections. Bookings go.unimelb.edu.au./8hhn

Booking Essential 7 ------TUESDAY JULY 22 Presented by: State Library of Victoria Presenter: Jan McDonald Join our guest speakers and curatorial staff as they delve into our rare and curious collections. Time 2–2.45pm Venue McArthur Gallery State Library of Victoria (meet in front foyer) 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne Phone +61 3 8664 7099 THE CASE BEHIND THE Email [email protected] JUDGE WILLIS CASE Web slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on Crime in Port Philip 1841 - 1843 Presented by: Royal Historical Society of Victoria Speakers: His Honour Paul Mullaly and Janine Rizetti The RHSV is the custodian of 26 case books written by Judge Willis, the first resident Judge of the Port Phillip district 1841- 1843. Often in conflict with powerful interests, Judge Willis was a controversial figure. The case books comprise detailed notes of civil, criminal and equity cases. In this talk experts Paul Mullaly and Janine Rizetti will showcase the DUST JACKETS history behind these rare books and ‘You can judge a book by its cover’ foreshadow the RHSV’s exciting plans Presented by: Matheson Library, for making them accessible online. Monash University Time 1pm–2pm Speaker: Richard Overell Venue Royal Historical Society In the 19th century, a plain paper of Victoria dust jacket was developed to protect 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne the fine craftsmanship created in the Phone +61 3 9326 9288 book’s cover. After the First World Email [email protected] War, the art became more refined and Web historyvictoria.org.au began to take centre stage in the world of publishing. Richard will explore the art of jacket design from the 1860s to the present and explain what makes these books so collectible. Richard’s talk coincides with an exhibition at Matheson Library, Monash University: ‘Dust jackets: judging a book by its cover’ Time 6–7pm Venue The Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Level 1 188 Collins Street, DARWIN AND Melbourne EVOLUTION Phone +61 3 9650 3100 Email library@melbourne Library Expeditions 4 athenaeum.org.au Web melbourneathenaeum.org.au

8 Booking Essential Presented by: State Library of Victoria Presenter: Professor Sasha Grishin Join our guest speakers and curatorial staff as they delve into our rare and curious collections. Time 11–11.45am Venue McArthur Gallery, State Library of Victoria (meet in front foyer) TREASURES OF A 328 Swanston Street, 124-YEAR-OLD LIBRARY Melbourne Phone +61 3 8664 7099 The genesis, use and development Email [email protected] of a military collection Web slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on Presented by: Royal United Services Institute of Victoria Speaker: Major General (Ret’d) Michael O’Brien, CSC How did John Monash learn his generalship skills? In large measure, his membership of an Institute here in Melbourne developed his military skills and helped launch his later career as the great commander of the Australian Corps during the First World War. That Institute, now the Royal United Services Institute of Victoria, was founded in 1890. Many of Australia’s greatest military figures have participated in its activities including Monash, its long-serving COLLECTING SPORT: Honorary Secretary. AN UNDER-EXPLORED PASSION Time 6.45–7.45pm Venue Morgans at 401 More than just almanacs, tour 401 Collins Street, guides and rule books Melbourne Presented by: Melbourne Cricket Web rusi.org.au/states/vic/whats_on.php Club Library ------WEDNESDAY JULY 23 Panellists: David Studham heads a panel of historians, journalists and booksellers including Gideon Haigh and John Harms A viewing of rare material from the MCC Library collection followed by a panel discussion on what people collect, use for research and emerging trends in the sports publishing industry. Time 12–1.30pm Venue Melbourne Cricket Club Library Level 3, MCC Members S.T GILL’S ‘VICTORIA Pavilion, MCG , GOLD DIGGINGS AND East Melbourne DIGGERS AS THEY ARE’ Phone +61 3 9657 8876 (1852): FACT OR FICTION? Email [email protected] Web mcc.org.au/About the MCC/ Library Expeditions 5 Heritage/MCC Library.aspx

Booking Essential 9 ------WEDNESDAY JULY 23 This performance will feature songs in Irish and English from the library of Dr Nicholas O’Donnell (1862- 1920). The performance and related exhibition celebrate 90 years since his collection of rare Irish books and manuscripts was bequeathed to Newman College in 1924. Time 5.30–7pm Venue St Mary’s Newman Academic Centre, Newman College 887 Swanston Street, Parkville Phone +61 3 9342 1614 DANCING BY THE LIGHT Bookings trybooking.com/84051 OF THE MOON: THE ART AND NONSENSE VERSE OF EDWARD LEAR Library Expeditions 6 Presented by: State Library of Victoria Presenter: Juliet O’Conor Join our guest speakers and curatorial staff as they delve into our rare and curious collections. Time 2–2.45pm TUNNEL BOOKS Venue McArthur Gallery, Presented by: Melbourne State Library of Victoria (meet in front foyer) Athenaeum Library 328 Swanston Street, Speaker: Kyoko Imazu Melbourne Join Kyoko as she demonstrates how Phone +61 3 8664 7099 her tunnel books and other artist Email [email protected] books are made. This talk will also Web slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on explore the relationship between her printmaking and other bookbinding practice. This is a great opportunity to see a book artist at work. Kyoko has exhibited her work at McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Bus Projects, Port Jackson Press, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, and the Tokyo National Art Centre. Time 6–7pm and open until 11pm as part of Nite Art Venue The Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Level 1 188 Collins Street Melbourne AN ANNIVERSARY Phone +61 3 9650 3100 CELEBRATION Email library@melbourne athenaeum.org.au Songs in Irish and English from Web melbourneathenaeum.org.au the Nicholas O’Donnell Collection Presented by: St Mary’s Newman Academic Centre Performers: Greg Ó Broin (guitar) & Miriam Uí Dhonnabháin (voice)

10 Booking Essential Library expeditions 7 Presented by: The State Library of Victoria Presenter: Dr Anna Welch Join our guest speakers and curatorial staff as they delve into our rare and curious collections Time 11–11.45am A LIFE WITH BOOKS Venue McArthur Gallery, State Library of Victoria A panel of celebrated Australian (meet in front foyer) authors discuss their personal 328 Swanston Street, libraries, most prized books and Melbourne the place books hold in their lives. Phone +61 3 8664 7099 Email [email protected] Presented by: Reader’s Feast Web slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on Bookstore Panellists: Robert Dessaix, Peter Doherty AC, Kerry Greenwood and Toni Jordan Venture into the personal reading worlds of four noted authors as they each discuss the significance of books in their lives. Given their varied backgrounds, this will make for a wide-ranging and fascinating conversation. The panel discussion will be moderated by Mary Dalmau of TUNNEL BOOKS AND Reader’s Feast and audience members OTHER ILLUMINATIONS will have the opportunity to ask Windows into imagined worlds questions and share stories of their Presented by: Melbourne own book collections. Athenaeum Library Time 6.15pm–8pm Speaker: Kyoko Imazu Venue Reader’s Feast Bookstore Part of a week-long residency, in 162 Collins Street this talk Kyoko will explain how she (Disabled access via created this beautifully constructed Lt. Collins Street) and highly collectable series of tunnel Phone +61 3 9662 4699 Email [email protected] books. This series literally presents Web: readersfeast.com.au windows into her imagined worlds of animals and plants. These are worlds ------THURSDAY JULY 24 that are inspired by memories and stories from childhood. Through these tunnel books Kyoko conveys open and strange narratives to encourage view- ers to bring their own memories and associations to the images.

Time 12.30–1.30pm Venue The Melbourne Athenaeum Library Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne Phone +61 3 9650 3100 Email library@melbourne athenaeum.org.au THE ART OF PRAYER: Web melbourneathenaeum.org.au MEDIEVAL LITURGICAL MANUSCRIPTS

Booking Essential 11 ------THURSDAY JULY 24 debates within the government about whether to give individual prisoners the benefit of the royal prerogative of mercy. This lecture draws on cases from the archives to investigate the fate of prisoners sentenced to the extreme penalty of the law. Time 6.30–7.30pm Venue Law Building University of Melbourne CHARTING A COURSE: 108 Pelham Street, Melbourne NAUTICAL CHARTS IN Phone +61 3 9035 1111 THE STATE LIBRARY’S Web law.unimelb.edu.au MAP COLLECTION /melbourne-law-school Bookings ow.ly/wwkgU Library Expeditions 8 Presented by: State Library of Victoria Presenter: Judith Scurfield Join our guest speakers and curatorial staff as they delve into our rare and curious collections. Time 2–2.45pm Venue McArthur Gallery, State Library of Victoria (meet in front foyer) 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne Phone +61 3 8664 7099 DR COWLISHAW’S Email [email protected] COLLECTION Web slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on Presented by: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Speaker: Associate Professor John Royle OAM FRACS From around 1906 until his death in 1943 Dr Leslie Cowlishaw, a Sydney physician, amassed the finest collection of rare and historic medical books in Australia. His aim in putting such a collection together was to demonstrate the development of medicine out of witchcraft and mumbo-jumbo into an art, and then into a science. THE HANGED AND In this lecture Associate Professor John THE SAVED: DEATH AND MERCY Royle will outline Dr Cowlishaw’s IN COLONIAL VICTORIA aims and ideas, and discuss several of the rare books which make the Collec- Presented by: Melbourne Law tion outstanding. He will also explain School how the Collection fell into the hands of Speaker: Dr John Waugh the College of Surgeons. How did the authorities decide who to hang and who to spare, at the height Time 7–8pm Venue Hughes Room of capital punishment? From 1851 Royal Australasian College to 1892, more than 350 people were of Surgeons sentenced to death in Victoria. 142 College of Surgeons Gardens were hanged. Records of the Executive Spring and Lonsdale Streets, Council at Public Record Office Victo- Melbourne ria throw new light on confidential Phone +61 3 9276 7447 12 Booking Essential ------FRIDAY JULY 25 Presented by: Grainger Museum Speakers: Brian Allison (Curator, Exhibitions and Public Programs) and Astrid Britt Krautschneider (Curator, Collections and Research) Join curators Brian Allison and Astrid Britt Krautschneider for a floor talk discussing the latest temporary exhibition at the Grainger Museum: An artist’s utopia: Mortimer Menpes in Japan. The presentation will LEGAL LUMINARIES highlight this little-known Australian AND THEIR BOOKS artist’s work, his enduring fascination A panel of lawyers discuss their with Japan, and his remarkable book passion for books publishing endeavours, including Presented by: Supreme Court of his role in the introduction of a new Victoria Library printing technique - the Hentschel Panellists: The Hon. David Levine Colourtype process. AO RFD QC, His Hon. Judge Graham Time 3–3.30pm Anderson and Ms Mercia Chapman Venue Grainger Museum Following the success of the inaugural Near Gate 13, Royal Parade Legal Luminaries session during University of Melbourne last year’s Melbourne Rare Book Phone +61 3 8344 5270 Email [email protected] Week, another panel of distinguished Web grainger.unimelb.edu.au legal identities - The Hon. David Levine AO RFD QC, formerly of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, His Hon. Judge Graham Anderson, County Court of Victoria and Ms Mercia Chapman, Senior Legal Counsel, ANZ Trustees - will discuss their reading and collecting patterns and share the highs and lows of their book world experiences. RARE BOOK FAIR OPENING NIGHT Time 1–2pm Venue Supreme of Victoria Library 42nd ANZAAB Australian 210 William Street, Melbourne Antiquarian Book Fair Phone +61 3 9035 1111 Presented by: ANZAAB Web supremecourt.vic.gov.au/ This is Australia’s major annual event home/library Bookings bit.ly/1yGcPO for rare books, maps, prints and ephemera. Leading Australian dealers will be joined by booksellers from the UK and the USA, offering a vast array of items ranging from the begin- ning of printing, through exploration, travel, the arts and sciences, to modern first editions. Explore the world of books with knowledgeable booksellers and print and map dealers who are experts in their fields. Time 6–9pm Venue Wilson Hall AN ARTIST’S UTOPIA University of Melbourne Grattan Street, Carlton Mortimer Menpes, printmaker, Phone +61 3 9654 8506 author, Japonophile Email [email protected] Web rarebookfair.com Booking Essential 13 ------SATURDAY JULY 26 Are you an experienced collector or you are simply curious about old books and what makes them collectable? Do ephemeral items that capture the spirit of a time fascinate you or are you drawn to prints that illustrate our history and maps that reflect the peaks and perils of travel and adventure? This is your last opportunity to talk to this year’s exhibitors and to purchase any items that attractTHURSDAY you. JULY 24 Time 10am–5pm RARE BOOK FAIR Venue Wilson Hall DAY TWO University of Melbourne Grattan Street, Carlton 42nd ANZAAB Australian Antiquarian Book Fair See opening night for contact details Presented by: ANZAAB ------SATURDAY JULY 26 Book lovers are able to browse, – SUNDAY JULY 27 examine and purchase items of rare, interesting and unusual books, manuscripts and ephemera from the 15th to the 21st centuries. A wide variety of historical maps and decora- tive and important prints will also be available, along with illuminated manuscript leaves from the 12th to the 17th centuries. At prices to suit all levels of collecting. Time 10am–5pm Venue Wilson Hall University of Melbourne Grattan Street, Carlton See opening night for contact details

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CULTURAL TREASURES FESTIVAL Presented by: The University of Melbourne The biennial University of Melbourne Cultural Treasures Festival is a program of exhibitions, thematic walks, talks and seminars, demonstrations and displays, and guided tours which showcase the University’s rich array of museums and collections. Full program on website. RARE BOOK FAIR Time 10am–4pm FINAL DAY Venue Various venues throughout University of Melbourne 42nd ANZAAB Australian Grattan Street, Carlton Antiquarian Book Fair Web unimelb.edu.au/cultural Presented by: ANZAAB collections/treasuresfestival

14 Booking Essential ------SUNDAY JULY 27 FUTURE DATES Melbourne Rare Book Week is an annual event presented by ANZAAB 2015 July 16–26 Melbourne Rare Book Fair July 24–26 THE PRINT MEDIUM EMPLOYED 2016 Presented by: Baillieu Library, July 21–31 University of Melbourne Speaker: Tim Jones Melbourne Rare Book Fair July 29–31 Former artist-in-residence at the University of Melbourne’s Ian Potter 2017 Museum of Art, wood engraver, printmaker and sculptor Tim Jones July 20–30 explores the practical application of Melbourne Rare Book Fair July 28–30 the print medium. Tim will show viewers the Alexandra Press, housed at the Baillieu Library. He will discuss the artist’s perspective of the printmaker’s tools and how they have been employed in the creation of works of art in the exhibition ‘Radicals, slayers and villains’. Time 11.30am–1pm Venue Noel Shaw Gallery Baillieu Library (First Floor) University of Melbourne Grattan Street, Carlton Phone +61 3 8344 7617 Web library.unimelb.edu.au/radicals/ Bookings go.unimelb.edu.au/8hhn

EXHIBITIONS

IN THE BEGINNING: GUTENBERG’S BIBLE ON VIEW IN THE BAILLIEU LIBRARY Presented by: Special Collections, University Library, University of Melbourne Don’t miss this rare chance to see an original two volume Gutenberg bible in Australia. Gutenberg was the first person to create moveable type in the 1450’s in the west and sparked the information revolution that lead to the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Now in the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, this copy came from the library of book collector 2nd Earl Spencer who commissioned Matthew Flinders to circumnavigate Australia. Time Daily 11am–5pm Venue Dulcie Hollyock Room Ground Floor, Baillieu Library University of Melbourne

Web lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/special/exhibitions

Runs from July 19 to July 27 15 EXHIBITIONS

MIRROR OF THE WORLD: BOOKS AND IDEAS A permanent display of rare books, housed on the 4th floor of the State Library of Victoria’s magnificent Domed Reading Room Presented by: State Library of Victoria

View rare, beautiful and historically significant books, from Audubon’s magnificent Birds of America to 1950s pulp crime fiction and contemporary works of art and design. Located in the galleries overlooking the magnificent La Trobe Reading Room, this exhibition celebrates the unique place of books in our hearts and minds. Time Daily 10am–5pm Venue Domed Galleries Web slv.vic.gov.au/event/mirror-world State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne Current display runs until December

‘RADICALS, SLAYERS AND VILLAINS’ Prints from the Baillieu Library Presented by: Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne Behind the scenes of the Baillieu Library is a horde of dangerous and powerful individuals. These figures from mythological, biblical and historical times come forth in the exhibition ‘Radicals, slayers and villains’. The stories of these radicals, slayers and villains, which are told through the print media of woodcut, etching and engraving, are about individuals who have helped shape contemporary Western culture. The universal theme of the individual and his or her role in society is illustrated throughout. On view in the refurbished Noel Shaw Gallery on the first floor of the Baillieu Library, are shocking, violent and very powerful works of art. Time Monday to Friday 10am–5pm Venue Noel Shaw Gallery Saturday and Sunday 11am–5pm Baillieu Library (First Floor) Web library.unimelb.edu.au/radicals/ University of Melbourne Grattan Street, Carlton Runs from July 17 to August 3

HIGHLIGHTS FROM AN IRISH LIBRARY Books and manuscripts, songs and sagas Presented by: St Mary’s Newman Academic Centre

This exhibition invites you to visit a corner of Ireland in Melbourne. Books and manu- scripts on display come from the library of Dr Nicholas O’Donnell (1862–1920), an avid collector and Irish language scholar resident his whole life in Victoria, whose collection holds many treasures. Time Monday to Friday 9am–5pm Venue St Mary’s Newman Academic Centre Newman College 887 Swanston Street, Parkville Runs from July 21 to July 25 16 EXHIBITIONS KYOKO IMAZU Artist in Residence Presented by: Melbourne Athenaeum Library

For the duration of Rare Book Week, Kyoko will be creating a series of tunnel books that will illuminate the Melbourne Athenaeum Library like festival lanterns. The work will present little windows into imagined worlds of animals and plants inspired by stories and memories from childhood. Time Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9.30am–5pm, Wednesday 11am–8pm, Saturday 9.30am–1pm, Sunday 11am–4pm Venue The Melbourne Athenaeum Library Lvl 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne Phone +61 3 9650 3100 Email [email protected] Web melbourneathenaeum.org.au

Runs from July 17 to July 27

ECLECTIC: AN EXHIBIT OF RARE BOOKS Presented by: Library at The Dock An exhibition of rare or significant books and manuscripts selected from the City of Melbourne heritage collection. Be prepared for some surprises. Curated by the Melbourne Library Service. Time Monday to Friday 8am–7pm Saturday 10am–5pm, Sunday 12–5pm Venue Library at The Dock 107 Victoria Harbour Promenade, Docklands Phone +61 3 9658 9500 Email [email protected] Web melbournelibraryservice.com.au

Runs from July 17 to August 8

re. reading POUND IN THE LENTON PARR LIBRARY Presented by: Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne Artist: Patrick Pound re. reading Pound in the Lenton Parr Library will see Melbourne artist and book collector Patrick Pound working with the Lenton Parr Music, Visual and Performing Arts Library collections. This Library supports the teaching and research activities of the Victorian College of the Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne. Time Monday to Friday 9am–6pm Saturday July 26 and Sunday July 27 1–5pm Venue Lenton Parr Music, Visual and Performing Arts Library First Floor, Building 863, Southbank Campus St Kilda Road, Melbourne Phone +61 3 9035 9050 Email [email protected] Web: maps.unimelb.edu.au/southbank/libraries/864#.U09S0neTL5k

Runs from July 17 to July 30

17 EXHIBITIONS DUST JACKETS Judging a book by its cover Presented by: Matheson Library, Monash University An exhibition of books in their dust jackets from the 1860s to the present Time Monday to Friday 8am–9pm Venue Matheson Library Monash University Wellington Road, Clayton Campus Phone +61 3 9905 2689 Email [email protected] Web monash.edu/library/collections /exhibitions

Runs from July to December OTHER EVENTS NITE ART One city. One nite. Join us at art sites across Melbourne – galleries, artist–run spaces, museums, & unexpected architectural spaces. The city opens up for a night artwalk event, where you ‘curate your own night’, connecting to art, artists and the city. Explore art precincts activated with mini-events, off-site exhibitions, artist talks and installations from 6-11pm. Wednesday July 23 Web: niteart.com.au OPEN HOUSE MELBOURNE The last weekend in July also coincides with the annual Open House Melbourne (OHM) program. This is a free event giving visitors to Melbourne a rare opportunity to discover the often hidden wealth of design, architectural, engineering and historic gems nestled around the city. The University of Melbourne participates in OHM and Wilson Hall is included in the program. Saturday July 26–Sunday July 27 Web: openhousemelbourne.org

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