A. Dean Larsen BOOK COLLECTING CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 3-4, 2005
L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University A. Dean Larsen BOOK COLLECTING CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 3-4, 2005
A. DEAN LARSEN RARE BOOK COLLECTING CONFERENCE. L. TOM PERRY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. HBLL 1130. BRIGHAM YOUNG UNVERSTIY. PROVO, UT 84602 2004 CONFERENCE. PHONE: (801) 422-3514 EMAIL: [email protected]. WEBSITE: HTTP://SC.LIB.BYU.EDU L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University Table of Contents A. Dean Larsen BOOK COLLECTING CONFERENCE
Welcome...... 9 A. Dean Larsen Biography...... 11 Schedule...... 13 Pre-Conference Workshop Paper Marbling And Japanese Shuminagashi...... 17 Conference Seminars Finding Hidden Treasures in Almanacs...... 29 Starry Messengers: Early Printed Astronomy Books...... 33 Don Quixote And The Modern Narrative...... 37 The Sources And Challenges of The Joseph Smith Project...... 41 The Printed Word of Joseph Smith, Jr., 1830-1844...... 47 Reliquiae Victorianae: Or Scraps of Victorian Life...... 57
My Personal Collecting of Mormon Books...... 63 Library Maps...... 65 Notes...... 73
Dear Conference Attendees:
On behalf of the Harold B. Lee Library, welcome to the third annual Special Collec- tions’ book collecting conference. Each October the Harold B. Lee Library invites collectors to enjoy different rare book collections from its vaults. During this unique event, participants will inspect rare materials personally; listen to specialists and visit with fellow collectors. Two university faculty members, five curators and one friend of the Library will present on a diverse slate of topics including the writings of Joseph Smith, early printed astronomy books, the reading life of Victorian men and women in 19th-century England and Don Quixote. Mark Pollei, Head of Conserva- tor for the Harold B. Library, will also present a one day pre-conference workshop on the art of paper marbling.
This annual conference is a means of creating a community of friends (collectors, readers, scholars, book dealers, and book arts professionals) joining together to celebrate two of the most important acts of humankind: creating and preserving ideas in the form of books. The conference will focus on the historical importance of books as artifacts, as well as the ideas captured within their pages.
The conference is named after A. Dean Larsen. As a Gifts Librarian and as Associ- ate University Librarian, Dean spent his professional life in a quest to make the Lee Library one of America’s most important academic libraries. Because of his affable nature, his deep love of learning and of rare books, Dean developed life-long rela- tionships with scholars, collectors and books dealers from around the world, who aided him in this quest. If we are now a great academic library, it is largely because of elcome the work of A. Dean Larsen. Dean’s widow Jean M. Larsen, and their children gener- W ously endow this conference as a means of remembering Dean, and his contribu- tion to the world of books. The Lee Library salutes the Larsen family for continuing Dean’s work through this annual conference.
We hope you enjoy attending the conference.
Sincerely,
Randy J. Olsen Scott Duvall Brad Westwood University Librarian Co-conference Founder Co-conference Founder Assistant University Librarian Chair, Special Collections
Memorial
The Harold B. Lee Library Book Collecting Conference is named in memory of A. Dean Larsen, retired Associate University Librarian at Brigham Young University, who passed away on May 29, 2002 after a long battle with cancer. Dean Larsen worked at the BYU Library for 40 years and was principally responsible for the acquisition of over three million volumes during his career, adding not only to the general collection, but building a world-class Special Collections as well. Under Dean’s direction, the library reached prominence as one of the nation’s A. Dean Larsen finest research libraries. Dean worked closely with Chad Flake to acquire unique research materials that today form the core of Special Collections. Among the collections built by Dean and Chad are the History of Printing, Renaissance and Memorial and Biography Reformation, History of Science, British and American Literature, Victorian and 19th Century Social History, and Western and Mormon Americana. His personal interest in collecting rare books and manuscripts resulted in life-long friendships with librarians, collectors, curators, and book dealers around the world. Prior to his passing away, Larsen and his wife, Jean, donated to the Lee Library their personal collection of more than 1,800 books, pamphlets, maps, photographs, and postcards dealing with Yellowstone National Park and established an endowment for its continued growth. A. Dean Larsen’s life and career were centered on libraries, book collecting and BYU. For this reason the University is pleased to recognize Dean’s many contributions by naming the Lee Library’s Book Collecting Conference in his honor.
10 11 Biography Dean returned home from his tour of duty with the army in the fall of 1956 and was hired full-time at the BYU library with an agreement that he would be given onference chedule summers off to pursue a Master of Library Science degree, at the University C S A. Dean Larsen was born August 23, 1930 in Vineyard, Utah, a rural farming and dairy of Michigan. He completed his degree in August of 1960. The next year he was community adjacent to Orem and Provo, Utah. He was the third of five children, two appointed director for collection development. The fruits of his ability and tireless older brothers and two younger sisters, born to Vera Alice Austin and Ariel Ellis efforts are now documented with the quality and quantity of books acquired during Larsen. His early years growing up on a farm and in a house without indoor plumbing his tenure at the helm of acquisition for the Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee required his performing daily chores of carrying water from the spring, providing Library. Dean was also an avid collector of material for his personal library. One kindling to start the fire in the old kitchen coal stove and the heater in the front of his most extensive collections was his collecton of Yellowstone materials. He Thursday, November 3rd Friday, November 4th room as well as keeping the coal buckets full. also spent a great deal of time working on a general bibliography for Yellowstone material. Before his death, he was able to accrue information for more than 10.000 Pre-Conference Conference During the war years in the 40’s, a steel mill was constructed in Vineyard thus annotated entries. prompting the relocation of several families living in that area. When Dean was 14 years of age the Larsen family moved to Orem where they had purchased a small From the beginning of his career he demonstrated what some have said is a gift or 10:00-12:00 The Art of Paper Marbling and Japanese Suminigashi 9:00-9:15 Welcome and Instructions by Randy J. Olsen, farm and a newly remodeled modern home. Also on the property was a large barn. rare ability - a true “book sense”. It is something analogous to height in a basketball or by Mark Pollei University Librarian and P. Bradford Westwood, With the move Dean’s father started a hide and fur business, thus the barn had a player; it can’t be acquired through training; you either have it or you don’t. He was 1:00-3:00 Conservation Lab, Rm. 3452 HBLL Chair of L. Tom Perry Special Collections double function of providing shelter for live stock and a spacious area for processing able to recognize not only the value of the acquisition, but also envision how it hides and furs. would contribute to the collections of the library. Lunch BYU Dining Options: Skyroom, Museum Cafe, Cougareat 9:30-10:45 Seminar 1
Dean attended Lincoln High School in Orem where he was on the debate team, 10:45-11:00 Break: Drinks in DeLamar Jensen Lecture Room associate editor of the year book, president of FFA and a student assistant for a very Rm 1130 HBLL inadequate school library. After graduating from high school he entered Brigham Young University, focusing his study on history and geography. Summers and evenings 11:00-12:15 Seminar 2 were spent buying and processing hides for his father. He interrupted his university study after his sophomore year to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus 12:30-1:45 Luncheon: Ernest L. Wilkinson Center, Rm. 3228 Christ of Latter-day Saints. Upon completion of this two year mission, he returned to his studies at BYU and obtained student employment in the University Library. From 1:45-2:55 Seminar 3 that time on, books and the library became an integral part of his life. 3:00-4:00 Guest Speaker: John A. Taylor When he graduated from the university with a major in history, the Korean War was under way and he was drafted to serve in the army. After basic and specialized 4:15-5:30 Seminar 4 training, he was assigned to the Central Intelligence Corp in Stuttgart, Germany. This assignment and location provided extensive opportunities during weekends and short leaves to experience travel throughout Europe. This opportunity imbued him with a lasting appreciation for the arts, museums, libraries, book shops, rare book dealers, etc. 12 13 Pre-Conference Workshops
14 15 The Art of Paper Marbling and Japanese Suminagashi
Many people are familiar with the modern marbled designs found in contemporary product packaging, books and graphic design. Yet few people know the long and fascinating history of traditional Ebru, or Turkish marbling. Shrouded in mystery for hundreds of years, marblers worked at night in secret workshops and behind locked doors to prevent spying bookbinders from stealing their secrets. Not until the mid-nineteenth century did marblers begin to write and publish their formulas and marbling techniques.
This hands-on workshop will provide participants a brief overview of the history of traditional Turkish marbling and a chance to create a set of marbled papers in the Feather, French Curl, Peacock, Stone and Nonpareil combed patterns. Each participant will learn about the tools and materials used to create marbled papers, as well as examine historical samples of marbled book covers and flyleaves from the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Participants will also practice a Japanese technique of paper decorating, called suminagashi, or “ink floating.”
Brief History of Marbling
Paper Marbling And During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, abri, or Persian marbled paper, was introduced into major European cities from Turkey, Persia and India by Venetian Japanese Shuminagashi merchants. These papers were highly prized for their detailed patterns and colors, flowing designs and veined marble appearance. Marbling, however, was regarded as a secret art and marblers were reluctant to share their knowledge for fear of competition. Mark Pollei For instance, most apprentices were taught only one aspect of marbling and usually worked behind wooden partitions so they could not see what other marblers were doing. As marbling spread throughout Europe, master marblers invented patterns which they named after the countries where they resided. The French Curl, Old Dutch, Spanish Marble and Italian Vein are patterns still in use today.
By the seventeenth century, master marblers set up guilds and workshops in Holland, France and Germany and hired apprentices to produce papers for bookbinders who used them as decorative flyleaves and book covers. Marbling also had a practical use. The edges of account books were marbled so missing pages could be detected by the disruption in the delicate pattern, indicating tampering or forgery.
16 17 Halfer, Josef. The Progress of the Marbling Art. Buffalo: American Bookbinding Co., By the eighteenth century, marbled papers were often exported to England by Suminagashi is created by floating sumi inks onto the surface of water, manipulating 1894. (Reprinted: Taos, NM: Fresh Ink Press, 1989). McKay, Barry. Patterns and Pigments in English Marbled Papers. Oxford, UK: The wrapping them around toys and other small items to avoid paying customs duties the inks into jagged free flowing lines, and transferring the pattern to a sheet of Plough Press, 1988. on the imported papers. The marbled papers were carefully removed from the washi paper. Unlike western marbling, inks are dropped onto the surface of the Maurer-Mathison, Diane. The Ultimate Marbling Handbook: A Guide to Basic and toys and meticulously ironed out by bookbinders who used them for book covers, water with very finely pointed brushes. The process of repeatedly dropping ink Advanced Techniques for Marbling Paper and Fabric. New York: Watson-Guptill Muir, Ann. The Year in a Marblers Workshop: Harvesting Colour. Introduction by boxes, etc. In the late nineteenth century, the veil of secrecy was finally removed and surfactant onto the surface of the water produces a series of concentric circles Publications, 1999. Barry McKay. Oldham, UK: Incline Press, 2000. when a self-taught marbler, Charles Woolnough, described the entire marbling which are manipulated by blowing or fanning. process in his book, The Art of Marbling. In 1885, Josef Halfer of Budapest published Maurer-Matison and Jennifer Philippoff. Paper Art: The Complete Guide to Papercraft Nevins, Iris. Varieties of Spanish Marbling: A Handbook of Practical Instruction with his famous book, Die Forshritte der Marmorierkunst, which was later published in the Biography Techniques. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1997. Twelve Original Marbled Samples. Newton, PA: Bird and Bull Press, 1991. United States as The Progress of Marbling. Halfer’s work is still considered the most important source of information for marbling techniques. With the publication of Mark Pollei completed his post-graduate studies in book and paper conservation Miura, Einen. The Art of Marbled Paper. New York: Kodansha America, Inc., 1990. Sumner, James. The Mysterious Marbler. North Hills, PA: Bird and Bull Press, 1976. Halfer’s book a number of other important marbling manuals quickly succeeded. at the North Bennet Street School in Boston, Massachusetts after graduating from Brigham Young University with a BA in Art History in 1992. He has worked as a rare Narita, Koyofusa. A Life of Ts’ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making. Tokyo: The Paper Wakeman, Geoffrey. English Marbled Papers. Leicestershire, UK: Plough Press, Unfortunately, as the veil of secrecy lifted, the industrial revolution changed the way book conservator at the Houghton Library, at Harvard University, and completed Museum, 1980. 1979. books were produced. Marbled papers began to be mass-produced by machines an advanced rare book conservation internship at the Library of Congress in 1996. resulting in overproduction and decreased popularity. Master marblers were soon Presently, he is the Department Chair of the Rare Book Conservation Laboratory Nevins, Iris. Traditional Marbling. Sussex, NJ: Published by Iris Nevins, 1988. Weisse, Franz. The Art of Marbling. Translated by Richard Wolfe. Newtown, PA: without jobs and for years marbling faded into an obscure, old-fashioned art. It was at the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Bird and Bull Press, 1980. not until the 1950’s when interest in hand bookbinding, calligraphy and letterpress Reese, Jane H. Making Your Own Marbled and Decorated Papers. London: New printing brought widespread attention to the art of marbling again. Today, marbling Selected Bibliography Holland Ltd., 1996. Wolfe, Richard J. Introduction. Three Early French Essays on Paper Marbling 1642- is a flourishing art and artists and professional marblers are producing papers of 1765. Newtown, PA: Bird and Bull Press, 1987. extraordinary quality, color and design. Chambers, Anne. The Practical Guide to Marbling Paper. New York: Thames and Thom, Karo. “Suminagashi: Ink Floating.” Fine Print, vol. 7, no. 3 (July 1981): 79-81. Hudson Inc., 1988. ––––––––. On Improvements in Marbling the Edges of Books and Paper: A Suminagashi Vogel, Diane and Paul Maurer. Marbling: A Complete Guide to Creating Beautiful Nineteenth Century Marbling Account Explained and Illustrated with Fourteen ______. Suminagashi: The Japanese Art of Marbling: A Practical Guide. New York: Patterned Papers and Fabrics. New York: Crescent Books, 1991. Original Marbled Samples. Newton, PA: Bird and Bull Press, 1983. Suminigashi meaning “spilled ink” refers to a type of Japanese decorated paper with Thames and Hudson Inc., 1991. concentric circles of softly colored flowing lines. The patterns found in suminigashi Selected Bibliography of Marbling Manuals from the L. Tom Perry Woolnough, C. W. The Whole Art of Marbling. Oxford, UK: The Plough Press, 1985. papers often resemble patterns found in nature: wood grains, water currents or Berry, Galen. The Art of Marbling on Paper and Fabric. Unpublished pamphlet, 2002. Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library wind patterns in a rice field. It is believed that suminagashi originated in either Yagi, Tokutaro. Suminagashi-Zome. Translated by Kyoko Mueke. Woodside, CA: Japan or China in the twelfth century and evolved over time to become distinctly Easton, Phoebe Jane. Marbling: A History and a Bibliography. Los Angeles: Dawson’s Berger, Sidney E. Karli Frigge’s Life in Marbling. Newtown, PA: Bird and Bull Press, 2004. The Heyeck Press, 1991. Japanese in character. Suminagashi is different from western marbling in that sumi Bookshop, 1983. ink is used as the primary colorant for the paper and no additives are used to Bolton, Claire. The Compton Marbling Pattern Book: Illustrated with Twenty Seven thicken the water size, unlike western marbling which uses thickeners to prevent ______. “Suminagashi: The Japanese Way with Marbled Paper.” Coranto: Journal Samples of their Specially Hand Marbled Papers. Winchester, UK: The Alembic pigments from sinking in the marbling tray. Traditionally, suminagashi had been used of the Friends of the Libraries, University of Southern California, 8 (1972): 3-17. Press, 1986. as a decorative paper for poetry or as decoration on the interior of Japanese doors. Guyot, Don. Suminagashi: An Introduction to Japanese Marbling. Seattle: Brass Today, suminagashi is prized as paper for calligraphy, books covers and decoration Galley Press, 1988. Heyeck, Robin. Marbling at the Heyeck Press. Woodside, CA: The Heyeck Press, for one-of-a-kind kimonos. 1986.
18 19 Useful Web Sites Galen Berry’s Marble Art http://members.aol.com/marbling/marbling/
Aiko’s Art Materials Import http://aikosart.com/ An excellent source for marbling tools, paints, carragheenan, alum, and various sized marbling combs. Galen also sells a self-published Aiko’s Art specializes in washi (handmade Japanese papers), exquisite manual entitled, The Art of Marbling on Paper and Fabric, which I highly yuzen chiyogami prints, dyed mingei solids and other imported Japanese recommend. papers. Aiko’s also sells specialty brushes (fude) and paints (sumi) for suminagashi, bookbinding, and calligraphy. John Neal Bookseller http://www.johnnealbooks.com/
The Book Arts Web http://www.philobiblon.com/decoratedpaper.htm Excellent source for sumi inks, suminigashi kits, calligraphy supplies, bookbinding tools and a great selection of instructional books regarding This web site provides links to various marbling and paper decoration illumination, calligraphy, marbling and bookbinding. web sites as well as bookbinding and book conservation sites. This is perhaps the most comprehensive web site regarding book arts Skycraft Designs http://www.skycraft.com/ information. A good resource for marbling tools, supplies and marbled papers. Peggy Colophon Book Arts Supply http://home.earthlink.net/~colophon/ Skycraft is an extremely talented marbler and her papers are sold throughout the world. Don Guyot, an internationally renowned marbler, operates this web site which sells supplies, paints, and tools for traditional marbling and Society of Marbling http://www.marbling.org/ suminagashi. Don is an expert on the subject of suminagashi and sells trays, inks (sumi), ink stones (suzuri), Japanese sabaki brushes and sumifactant The Society of Marbling is dedicated to the preservation and promotion (a chemical agent which causes the ink to float on the surface of the of the art of marbling through the sponsorship of events and the water). A current catalog and price list can be downloaded as a PDF. development of educational resources and scholarships. If you want to keep current on marbling events, workshops, or news, then sign up on Daniel Smith http://www.danielsmith.com/ the web site and become a member of the Society of Marbling.
An excellent source of marbling paints, papers and other general art Suminagashi http://www.suminagashi.com/ supplies. Daniel Smith paints and art supplies are of a very high quality Suminagashi Turkish Marbling and standard. This is one of the few web sites in English with information on the history and basic techniques of suminagashi. The site also provides good Illustration from Tokutaro Yagi’s book, Suminagashi-Zome showing the process of These four photographs illustrate the process of producing a traditional combed links to various Japanese art suppliers. dropping sumi inks onto water and fanning the concentric circles into jagged lines. nonpareil pattern on carrageenan size.
20 21 Marbling Samples
Git-gel Nonpareil Waved Nonpareil Peacock
Git-gel is Turkish for back-and-forth or to-and-fro. This marbling pattern is The nonpareil is created after a git-gel by using a finely spaced combed The waved nonpareil is simply a variation on a nonpareil pattern. A rake The peacock, also called the bouquet, is perhaps the most famous of all usually created prior to the more elaborate nonpareil patterns. which pulls the colors into veins. Many designs are based on the nonpareil is pulled perpendicular to the finely toothed nonpareil pattern in a wave- traditional marble patterns. which remains a classic pattern used by bookbinders. like motion.
22 23 Spanish Wave Overmarbling Shell Marble Suminagashi
Spanish wave papers have a three dimensional appearance of draped When one pattern is printed on top of another it is called overmarbling. The shell pattern was first used in the late eighteenth century and Suminigashi refers to a technique of decorating a sheet of paper (washi) fabric. This technique was supposedly discovered by a Spanish marbler Any combination of patterns can be combined to create unique and became very popular in the early twentieth century. Shell patterns with ink patterns floating on the surface of water. who went to work drunk and placed his paper on the marbling tray with interesting overmarbled papers. replicate the varied colors, streaks and veins found in actual marble. shaking hands resulting in a wave pattern.
24 25 Diderot Illustrations
Modern marblers use many of the same techniques and tools depicted in these two illustrations of a sevententh-century marbling shop. These illustrations first appeared in the famous Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot (Paris, 1751-1765).
Diderot 1 illustration Diderot 2 illustration
From left to right From left to right • Grinding pigment to make ink. • Marbling the edges of books. • Transferring on to paper a pattern made by dripping ink on to size. • Making a pattern with a stylus. • Dripping ink on to size. • Folding paper. • Using a comb to make a pattern. • Polishing marbled paper using a stone attached to a shaft fixed at the ceiling. • Hanging marbled papers on a line for drying. • Polishing marbled paper. • Making marbling size.
26 27 For the modern cultural historian or social anthropologist, the nineteenth-century almanac in its myriad manifestations constitutes a yet undervalued and often richly multi-disciplinary resource for studying various academic disciplines in the larger context of cultural history. This seminar highlights the value of almanacs in broadly conceived research that focuses on the nineteeth century, the period that corresponds with the apogee of almanac publication diffusion in Europe. In examining various examples of almanacs, we shall consider intellectual history from a cultural perspective. Our premise is that the broader our analysis of any specific historical event, the clearer will be our understanding of the genealogy and interrelationship of ideas.
Biography
Madison U. Sowell, Scheuber and Veinz Professor of Humanities and Languages at BYU, received his Ph.D from Harvard in Romance Languages and Literatures. He chaired BYU’s department of French and Italian for 9 years and has published and lectured widely on topics ranging from Dante to Romantic-Era Almanacs. He has assisted in organizing various library exhibits, including those devoted to the Italian Renaissance, the Art of Dance, and Nineteenth-Century Almanacs.
Finding Hidden Secondary sources on almanacs:
Treasures In Almanacs Madison U. Sowell, “Romantic-Era Almanacs and Dance History Research” in Proceedings of the Society of Dance History Scholars, comp. Stephanie Rieke Madison U. Sowell (Stoughton, WI: The Printing House, 2003): 112-15. Madison U. Sowell, “Almanacs and Romantic Non-fictional Prose” in Non- fictional Romantic Prose: Expanding Borders, ed. Steven P. Sondrup and Virgil Nemoianu (Amsterdam: Benjamins, 2004): 321-33.
Selected examples of almanacs to be shown:
The Patriot’s Calendar, for the Year 1794, containing the usual English almanack … (London, 1794). This title page, which also serves as a table of contents,
28 29 makes clear that this is a French Revolution reader, complete with patriotic Victorians. The two original drawings and presentation inscriptions shown music, historical documents, and time line of the Revolution. here make these copies unique and pleasing.
Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1811. Der Liebe and Freundschaft gewidmet (Frankfurt am Main, 1811). This attractive leather-bound volume of a periodical dedicated to love and friendship contains poems, stories, and splendidly engraved vignettes showing activities associated with each month of the year.
Almanach de la Cour, de la Ville et des Departements pour l’ Année 1813 (Paris, 1813). The beautiful gilt-decorated binding of this court or civic almanac underscores the fact that these handy little volumes were not meant to be thrown away once the year was over. They contained information that was valuable far into the future and – as objects of great beauty – were highly collectable, both then and now.
Almanach dédié aux dames (Paris, 1811, 1821). The 1821 issue has a playful Cupid image on the title page and is bound in delicate silk with a matching slipcase. Only the slipcase shows any signs of nearly two centuries of careful handling. In addition to being handsomely bound, the 1811 issue (right) contains finely executed copper plate engravings, such as this one entitled “The Music Lesson.”
Nederlandsche Muzen-Almanak (Amsterdam, 1833). This Dutch almanac proves that pocketbooks of music and poetry were not just a French and German phenomenon. Throughout Europe, nobility and the bourgeoisie alike found pleasure, entertainment, and edification in these curious little books.
Kate Greenaway’s Almanack (London, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1890-1892, 1895). More art book than almanac, Kate Greenaway designed charming little collectable books for
30 31 Special Collections is home to some of the rarest astronomical texts in the world, many of which were printed between the establishment of Tycho Brahe’s observatory on the island of Hven in 1576 and Isaac Newton’s death in 1727. The centerpiece of this collection is the Library’s millionth-volume acquisition, the manuscript of the fixed-star catalog of the Prussian astronomer Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687). To commemorate this acquisition in 1971, Special Collections also collected and exhibited all of Hevelius’s printed works. The collection also includes many of the landmark works in the history of astronomy including Nicolaus Copernicus’s De revolutionibus, Tycho Brahe’s Astronomiae instauratae, Johannes Kepler’s Astronomia nova, Giovanni Battista Riccioli’s Almagestum Novum, Galileo Galilei’s Dialogo and Isaac Newton’s Principia.
Special Collections also houses early astronomical texts that contain extensive marginalia. For example, in our holdings there is a series of comet tracts that deal with the comet of 1618. These tracts were originally owned and annotated by Peter Starry Messengers: Crüger, the teacher of Johannes Hevelius. These tracts from the library of Peter Crüger and other similar treasures appeal to researchers, collectors and admirers arly rinted stronomy alike for their enduring value, what they tell us about early modern astronomers and E P A their aesthetic appeal resulting from eye-catching woodcuts, engravings, attractive Books for Researchers, bindings and the interesting mix of both hand-written and printed records. Early-printed astronomy books are some of the most sought-after items in the ollectors and dmirers rare book market. While the prices of many of these books make them difficult C , A to collect, there are rare astronomical texts that could be collected with smaller budgets. Special Collections, for example, collects pamphlets that describe comets seen during the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as short prognostications. Other Derek Jensen more affordable texts include ephemeredes, heavenly poetry, early astronomy textbooks, as well as later editions, reprints and facsimiles of landmark books. One can search the inventories of multiple antiquarian bookdealers using abebooks.com or used.addall.com to find early astronomy books. Biography
Derek Jensen is the Curator of the European Book Collections in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections at Brigham Young University with responsibilities for the History of Science, Early Printing, Renaissance and Reformation collections. He is currently completing his dissertation “The City of the Stars: The Science of the Stars in Danzig
32 33 from Copernicus to Hevelius” at the University of California, San Diego, where he Bibliographies, Censuses, Lists Selected Titles from Books Shown in the Seminar Newton, Isaac. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Amsterdan, 1723. studied the history of science before joining Special Collections. Second edition of Newton’s tour de force combining earthly physics with celestial Gingerich, Owen. An Annotated Census of Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus (Nurem- Ptolemy. Almagest. Venice: Peter Liechtenstein, 1515. mechanics. Codified here are his theories concerning cometary paths and empty Histories berg, 1543 and Basel, 1566). Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, 2002. Standard treatise on mathematical astronomy from the second century A.D. space. through the seventeenth century. Eisenstein, Elizabeth. “The Book of Nature Transformed,” Part Three of The Printing Hellmann, C.D. The Comet of 1577. Its Place in the History of Astronomy. Reprint. Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural Transformations New York: AMS Press, 1971. Copernicus, Nicolaus. De revolutionibus. Amsterdam: Wilhelm Janson, 1617. in Early-Modern Europe. 2 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Third edition of the first full modern defense of the earth’s motion around the 1979. Westman, Robert S. “The Reception of Galileo’s Dialogue: A Partial World Census sun. of Extant Copies.” Novità celesti e crisi del sapere: Atti del Convegno Inter- Gingerich, Owen. The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Coper- nazionale di Studi Galileiani, ed. Paolo Galluzzi, 329-371. Firenze: Barbèra, Brahe, Tycho. Astronomiae instauratae. Nuremberg: Levinus Hulsius, 1602. nicus. New York: Walker & Company, 2004. 1984. Tycho was known as the greatest observational astronomer during the sixteenth century before the invention of the telescope. He used large naked-eye instru- ______. The Great Copernicus Chase and Other Adventures in AstronomicalHistory. Zinner, Ernst. Geschichte und Bibliographie der astronomischen Literatur in Deutsch- ments. Cambridge, Mass.: Sky Publishing Corporation; Cambridge: Cambridge land zur Zeit der Renaissance. Second Edition. Stuttgart: A. Hiersemann, University Press, 1992. 1964. Kepler, Johannes. Astronomia nova. Heidelberg: G. Voegelinus, 1609. Contains Kepler’s “war on Mars” and his discovery that planets travel in elliptical Johns, Adrian. The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making. Chicago Websites orbits rather than circular ones. and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1998. http://galileo.rice.edu/ ______. Mysterium cosmographicum. Frankfurt: Tampach, 1621. Montgomery, Scott L. The Moon and the Western Imagination. Tucson, Az.: The Uni- The Galileo Project. Houses under section “Library” the “Catalog of the Scientific Outline’s Kepler’s a priori argument that the spacing of the planets conforms to versity of Arizona Press, 1999. Community of the 16th and 17th Centuries,” the web’s most excellent source of the spaces created by nesting spheres within the 5 regular solids. biographical information for early astronomers. Thorndike, Lynn. A History of Magic and Experimental Science. 8 vols. New York: ______. Tabulae Rudolphinae. Ulm: Jonas Sauer, 1627. Columbia University Press, 1923-1958. http://www.newtonproject.ic.ac.uk/index.html Twenty six years after the death of Tycho Brahe, Kepler was finally able to put into The Newton Project. Hosts many original texts by Newton that are digitized and print Tycho’s catalog of 1,000 fixed stars and his planetary tables in this book. Volkoff, Ivan, Ernest Franzgrote, and A. Dean Larsen. Johannes Hevelius and His transcribed. Catalogue of Stars: The Millionth-Volume Acquisition of the J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Galilei, Galileo. Dialogo sopra i due Massimi Sistemi. Florence: Landini, 1632. Library. Provo, Ut.: Brigham Young University Press, 1971. http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/starrymessenger.html The book that infuriated Pope Urban VIII in the Summer and Fall of 1632 leading Starry Messenger: An Online History of Astronomy. Includes excellent pages on to Galileo’s Inquisition trial in 1633 and lifetime sentence to house arrest. Winkler, Mary G. and Albert Van Helden. “Johannes Hevelius and the Visual early modern books including pages specifically devoted to the books of Coperni- Language of Astronomy.” Renaissance and Revolution: Humanists, Scholars, cus, Galileo, Kepler and Tycho. Heveilus, Johannes. Selenographia. Danzig: Andreas Hünefeld, 1647. Craftsmen and Natural Philosophers in Early Moder Europe, eds. J.V. Field Hevelius saw in the moon features that resembled the Mediterranean region. and Frank A.J.L. James, 97-116. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Huygens, Christian. Systema saturnium (The Hague: Adriani Vlacq, 1659) What earlier appeared to be “three stars baked together” were Saturn and his rings.
34 35 We will begin with a tour of the Special Collections library exhibition “Wheels, Windmills &Webs: Don Quixote’s Library and the History of Reading,” which includes texts ranging from cuneiform tablets and illuminated manuscripts through the texts listed in Don Quijote’s library in chapter 6, to 18th, 19th, and 20th-century texts heavily influenced by Cervantes’s masterpiece. We will then discuss the realist and the metafictional modes of novelistic writing used by Cervantes in writing Don Quijote, and show how these modes work in later Western classics like Tristram Shandy, Madame Bovary, Six Characters in Search of an Author, and The Idiot.
Biography
Dale J. Pratt received his B.A. in 1990 from BYU (magna cum laude and University Honors), and was the university valedictorian. He did his graduate work at Cornell University, receiving a Ph.D in Romance Studies in 1994. He teaches courses on Spanish literature, literature and science, European realism, and Spanish Golden Age theater at BYU, where he is an associate professor of Spanish and Comparative on uixote nd Literature. Since 2002, he and his wife, Valerie Hegstrom, have produced and toured D Q A with five full-length Golden Age Spanish plays for audiences in Utah, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. he is the author of two books, Signs of Sciences: The Modern Narrative Literature, Science, and Spanish Modernity Since 1868 (Purdue University Press, 2001) and Sueños, Recuerdos, Memoria: la metaficción y las novelas de Joaquín- Armando Chacón (Coordinación de Difusión Cultural/Universidad Nacional Dale Pratt Autónoma de México, 1994), as well as articles on Spanish realist fiction, literature and science, Cuban and Spanish theater, and other topics. Bibliography
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Don Quijote. Trans. Burton Raffel. Ed. Diana de Armas Wilson. New York: Norton, 1999.
This Norton critical edition contains a new translation of Don Quijote plus numerous excerpts from important critical essays on the book as a whole and on specific episodes within the text.
36 37 Secondary Sources Guzmán de Alfarache Mateo Alemán (15471614?) Alter, Robert. Partial Magic: The Novel as a Self-Conscious Genre. Berkeley: U 1641 Spanish California P, 1975. Novelas ejemplares Alter explores the metafictional aspects ofDon Quijote in the chapter “The Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616) Mirror of Knighthood and the World of Mirrors,” a classic in Cervantine 1625 Spanish criticism. The History of the Valorous and Witty-Knight-Errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha: Cascardi, Anthony J., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Cervantes. Cambridge: Translated out of the Spanish; now newly corrected and amended Cambridge UP, 2002. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616) 1652 English (Thomas Skelton, translator) This volume includes chapters on the invention of the novel, Cervantes’s influence in Western letters, and the historical and social context, as well as a The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman chronology and excellent bibliography. Laurence Sterne (1713–1768) 1760 English (First edition, signed by Sterne) Unamuno, Miguel de. The Life of Don Quijote and Sancho. Trans. Homer P. Earle. New York:Knopf, 1927. Original title: Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho, widely Madame Bovary available in Spanish. Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) 1896 English translation This book combines synoptic reviews of Don Quijote with ruminations on the meaning of life, humor, faith, tragedy and death by one of Spain’s greatest intellectuals,
Exhbition List
Amadís di Gaula [Amadís de Gaula] Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (dates unknown15th–16th century) 1560 Italian translation of 14th book
Orlando Furioso Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533) 1565 Italian
38 39 As part of the bicentennial of the birth of Joseph Smith, Jr., The Church of Jesus Christ o f Latter-day Saints has announced the preparation and publication of the papers of the founding prophet. This professionally edited series will include Joseph’s ten journals, over 1500 items of correspondence, all extant revelations and sermons, Joseph’s History and the legal documents relating to about 180 cases in which he was involved. When completed, the collected works will number over thirty volumes. It will provide the foundational texts of the life and work of Joseph Smith and will surely benefit all students of early Mormon history.
Participants in the seminar will discuss and learn information about the Project. They he ources will also be able to understand the context of the life of Joseph Smith by viewing T S documents from the rich holdings of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. They will see the vision of the Joseph Smith Papers Project and understand the contributions And Challenges that Special Collections is making toward its completion. Of The Joseph Smith Biography David J. Whittaker, Senior Librarian, has a Ph.D. in American History and has served Papers Project: as the Curator of Mormon and Western Manuscripts in the Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library for over twenty years. He is also an Associate Professor in The L. Tom Perry Special the Department of History, BYU. He has been a Beinecke Fellow at Yale University and a Senior Scholar-Librarian William F. Fulbright Fellow in the David and Mary Eccles Centre for American Studies, British Library, London. He has served as the Collections Perspective President of the Mormon History Association and has authored or co-authored seven books and over fifty academic articles. He is currently on partial leave from the Lee Library, serving as an Editor and Team Leader for the Joseph Smith Papers David J. Whittaker Project. He is married to Linda Struhs and they are the parents of four children and the grandparents of six.
I. Published Sources
A. Bibliographical Guides and Sources
Dean C. Jessee, “Sources for the Study of Joseph Smith,” in Mormon Americana: A Guide to Sources and Collections in the United States ed. David J. Whittaker (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Studies Monographs, 1995), 7-28.
40 41 David J. Whittaker, “Joseph Smith in Recent Research: A Selected Bibliography,” Smith,” in The Disciple as Witness, Essays on Latter-day Saint History and George A. Smith, Wilford Woodruff, and later, B. H. Roberts, 6 volumes of the Entire Text in Two Parts, 2 volumes (Provo: FARMS, 2001), 1008 pp. in Mormon Americana (1995), 29-44. Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Stephen D. Ricks, (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1902-1912; revised edition, 1956). In John W. Welch, ed., Opening the Heavens, Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820- Davis Bitton, “Selected Bibliography,” in Bitton, Images of the Prophet Joseph Smith Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo: FARMS, 2000), 87-104. 1932 Roberts added a seventh volume to cover the years between 1844 (Provo: BYU Press, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005). (Salt Lake City: Aspin Books, 1996 ), 171-96. “Lectures on Faith”. Lectures presented by Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith Joseph Smith’s death in 1844 and 1847 when Brigham Young was officially Peter Crawley, A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church, Volume One, 1830- to the School of the Prophets, 1834-35, in Kirtland, Ohio. They were sustained as the second president of the Church. F. Biographical Studies (Selected) 1847 (Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997). included in every edition of the Doctrine and Covenants, beginning with Dean C. Jessee, “The Writing of Joseph Smith’s History,” BYU Studies 11 (Summer James B. Allen, Ronald W. Walker, and David J. Whittaker, Studies in Mormon History, the 1835 edition; they were removed from the 1921 edition. For essays 1971):439-73. Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His 1830-1997, An Indexed Bibliography (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, assuming Joseph Smith’s authorship, see The Lectures on Faith in Historical ______. “The Reliability of Joseph Smith’s History,” Journal of Mormon History 3 Progenitors for Many Generations (London: Published for Orson Pratt by 2000). Perspective, ed. Larry E. Dahl and Charles D. Tate (Provo: Religious Studies (1976): 23-46. S.W. Richards, 1853). The best scholarly edition is Lucy’s Book: A Critical Dan Vogel, compiler and editor, Early Mormon Documents, 5 volumes (Salt Lake Center, Brigham Young University, 1990). For a study that questions ______. “Return to Carthage: Writing the History of Joseph Smith’s Edition of Lucy Mack Smith’s Family Memoir ed. Lavina Fielding Smith (Salt City: Signature Books, 1996-2003). that they represent Joseph Smith’s thought, see Noel B. Reynolds, “The Martyrdom” Journal of Mormon History 8 (1981):3-19. Lake City: Signature Books, 2001). LaMar C. Berrett, general editor, Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Authorship Debate Concerning Lectures on Faith: Exhumation and Howard C. Searle, “Authorship of the History of Joseph Smith: A Review Andrew Jenson, “Joseph Smith, The Prophet,” The Historical Record (Salt Lake City) Historical Sites (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999- ). Four volumes- Reburial,” in The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Essay, “ BYU Studies 21 (Winter 1981):101-22. 7, Nos. 1-3 (January 1888):353-576. to-date, each devoted to a geographical area. Includes essays, maps, Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, (Provo: FARMS, 2000), 355- Hyrum L. Andrus and Helen Mae Andrus, They Knew the Prophet (Salt Lake City: photographs., each volume edited with other specialists in early Mormon 82. E. Revelations 1974). history. “Articles of Faith.” These thirteen concise statements of the basic beliefs of the John Henry Evans, Joseph Smith, An American Prophet (New York: Macmillan, 1933). Latter-day Saints were included in the Wentworth Letter, first published Milton V. Backman, Jr., Joseph Smith’s First Vision (1971; Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, G. Homer Durham, Joseph Smith, Prophet Statesman (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1944) B. Diaries and Personal Writings in the Times and Seasons (March 1842), and eventually canonized as Revised Edition, 1980). Donna Hill, Joseph Smith, The First Mormon (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977). part of the Pearl of Great Price in 1880. For a closer look at their textual Dean C. Jessee, “The Original Book of Mormon Manuscript,” BYU Studies 10 Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery, Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, Dean C. Jessee, compiler and editor, The Papers of Joseph Smith, 2 volumes (Salt history see David J. Whittaker, “The ‘Articles of Faith’ in Early Mormon (Spring 1970):259-78. Prophet’s Wife, “Elect Lady,” and Polygamy’s Foe, 1804-1879 (Garden City, Lake City: Deseret Book, 1989, 1992). A new, multi-volume edition is Literature and Thought,” in New Views of Mormon History, Essays in Honor Lyndon W. Cook, The Revelations of Joseph Smith, A Historical and Biographical New York: Doubleday, 1984). currently in preparation. of Leonard J. Arrington ed. Davis Bitton and Maureen Ursenbach Beecher Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants (1981; Salt Lake City: Deseret Richard L. Bushman, Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism (Urbana: ______. The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith (1984; Salt Lake City: Deseret (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1987), 63-92. Book, 1985). University of Illinois Press, 1984). Book, Revised Edition, 2002 ). “King Follett Discourse.” Joseph Smith last General Conference discourse, Robert J. Matthews, “A Plainer Translation”: Joseph Smith’s Translation of the Bible, A ______. Joseph Smith, Rough Stone Rolling (New York: Knopf, 2005). Scott Faulring, compiler and editor, An American Prophet’s Record: The Diaries and delivered 7 April 1844. It presented an expansive view of the nature of History and Commentary (Provo, UT: BYU Press, 1975). ______. “Joseph Smith and Culture.” A series of eight essays on various Journals of Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1987). God and the eternal possibilities of mankind. Several articles on in BYU James R. Clark, The Story of the Pearl of Great Price (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, aspects of Joseph Smith’s life and thought in Believing History, Latter-day Studies 18 (Winter 1978). 1955). Saint Essays, edited by Reid L. Neilson and Jed Woodworth (New York: C. Sermons/Discourses Truman G. Madsen, ed. The Concordance of the Doctrinal Statements of Joseph Smith Michael Marquardt, The Joseph Smith Revelations, Texts and Commentary (Salt Lake Columbia University Press, 2004), 143-278. (Salt Lake City: I. E. S. Publishing, 1985). City: Signature Books, 1999). Richard Lloyd Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences 0f Dean C. Jessee, “Priceless Words and Fallible Memories: Joseph Smith as Seen in Joseph Fielding Smith, compiler, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (Salt Lake Brian Q. Cannon and the Staff of the BYU Studies [and based on the research of Grandfathers Solomon March and Asael Smith (1971; Salt Lake City: the Effort to Preserve His Discourses,” Brigham Young University Studies City: Deseret Book, 1938). Ronald O. Barney], “Priesthood Restoration Documents,” BYU Studies 35, Deseret Book, Provo: BYU Studies, Second Revised Ed., 2003). 31 (Spring 1991):19-40. No. 4 (1995-96):162-207. Kyle R. Walker, “The Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith Family: A Family Process Andrew F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook, eds. The Words of Joseph Smith: D. “History of Joseph Smith” Royal Skousen, The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon: Typographical Analysis of a Nineteenth-century Household,” (Ph.D. dissertation, BYU, TheContemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Facsimile of the Extant Text (Provo: Foundation for Ancient Research and 2001). (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1990). Joseph Smith, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ed. James Mormon Studies, 2001). 568 pp. Chad M. Orton and William W. Slaughter, Joseph Smith’s America: His Life and Times Donald Q. Cannon, “Words of Comfort: Funeral Sermons of the Prophet Joseph Mulholland, Robert B. Thompson, William W. Phelps, Willard Richards, ______. The Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon: Typographical Facsimile (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005).
42 43 Dallin H. Oaks and Marvin S. Hill, Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Newell K. Whitney Collection [VMSS 76] around him. Acquainted with Mormon leaders in Nauvoo, his record Jennetta Richards, Letter, 8 July 1844 [VMSS 781] Assassins of Joseph Smith (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1975). Extensive collection of an early Mormon bishop. Includes manuscript gives us details on the daily life of the city and there are at least nine Letter to her family, contains details of the events of Joseph Smith’s Susan Easton Black and Charles D. Tate, Jr., eds. Joseph Smith: The Prophet, the Man copies of earliest extant revelations given to Joseph Smith, financial references to Joseph Smith. murder. Her husband, Willard, was in Carthage Jail with Joseph Smith at (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1993). records of the early Church in Kirtland, Ohio and Navuoo, Illinois. Also the time of his death. Larry C. Porter and Susan Easton Black, eds. The Prophet Joseph: Essays on the Life contains the account book of John Taylor relating to printing in Nauvoo. John D. Lee Journal [VMSS 449] and Mission of Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988). Journal, December 1840-July 1841. Account of his mission to Tennessee. Wilford Woodruff, Letter, 22 April 1845 [VMSS 696] Davis Bitton, Images of the Prophet Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Aspen Books, 1996). Hyrum Smith Collection [VMSS 774] The only known journal of Lee not yet published. Letter to Susannah Sangiovanni, giving insight into the feelings of the ______. The Martyrdom Remembered, A One Hundred-fifty Year Perspective on the Papers of the brother of Joseph Smith. Includes diaries (1832-38), apostles after the death of Joseph Smith. Assassination of Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Aspin Books, 1994). account books, legal and real estate records, some correspondence Thomas Bullock Collection [VMSS 772] Marvin S. Hill, “Joseph Smith the Man: Some Reflections on a Subject of Controversy,” (including Hyrum’s letter from Liberty Jail in 1839), Hyrum’s Hebrew In addition to financial records, this collection contains his Nauvoo B. Miscellaneous Manuscripts (selected) BYU Studies 21 (Spring 1981):175-86. Bible and the Hyrum Smith family bible. Journal, 31 August 1845-5 July 1846, which gives a detailed picture of Thomas G. Alexander, “The Place of Joseph Smith in the Development of Nauvoo, Illinois as the Mormons were beginning to abandon it under VMSS 8 [Letter of John Bernhisel, New York, to Joseph Smith, Nauvoo, 18 American Religion: A Historiographical Inquiry,” Journal of Mormon History William W. Phelps Collection [VMSS 810] pressure of their enemies. Bullock had been appointed Nauvoo City August 1841] 5 (1978):3-17. Papers of the early Mormon printer and editor, and political and religious Recorder on 8 December 1844, and he would continue to be an Todd Compton, In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: writer for Joseph Smith during the Nauvoo period; especially valuable are important recorder of Church history. This journal includes an account VMSS 9 [Manuscript copy of Doctrine & Covenants, Section 117, given on 8 July Signature Books, 1997). See also the valuable review essay by Richard the letters he sent his wife Sally in Missouri, from Kirtland, Ohio dating of the first fire in the Nauvoo Temple. 1838 in Far West, MO; Item copied and signed by Lydia Granger] Lloyd Anderson and Scott H. Faulring, “The Prophet Joseph Smith and from 26 May 1835 to April 1836. Good detail. Also extracts from his His Plural Wives,” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998):67-104. journal, 28 November 1835-18 December 1835 Bond, 18 September 1838 [VMSS 691] VMSS 316 [Letter of Moses Martin, La Porte, IN to Joseph Smith, 7 November 1841] D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy, Origins of Power (Salt Lake City: Signature Bond, signed by Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and others before Judge Books in association with Smith Research Associates, 1994). Vinson Knight Account Book [MSS 70] Austin King. VMSS 432 [Certificate, Emma Hale Smith, 17 July 1844. Emma accepts Thomas D. Cottle and Patricia C. Cottle, Liberty Jail and the Legacy of Joseph Lists of transactions, Kirtland, Ohio, 1836-40, includes Joseph Smith. responsibility for the estate of her husband.] (Portland, Oregon: Insight, 1998). Sutcliffe Maudsley. Artist [VMSS 787] M. Ephraim Hatch, Joseph Smith Portraits: A Search for the Prophet’s Likeness (Provo: Isaac Russell Family Collection [VMSS 497] Portraits of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, 1844. Pen and Ink. VMSS 744 [Legal documents, Hancock County Court, 1847-48; includes Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1998). Includes the earliest known letters (dating August-December 1837) of statement of guardianship for the children of Joseph Smith after the Robert Remini, Joseph Smith, A Penguin Life (New York: Penguin Books, 2002). the first LDS missionaries to serve in England; also Parley P. Pratt family Kirtland, Ohio, Justice of the Peace, Docket Book, 1841-1843 [VMSS 788] Martyrdom] Mark L.McConkie, Remembering Joseph: Personal Recollections of those who knew the letters and letters of William Law to Isaac Russell, 1837-1840. Legal history; this volume follows the one kept by Oliver Cowdery, now Prophet Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003). owned by the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. MSS 69 [Kirtland Safety Society, Five dollar note, signed by Joseph Smith and Robert S. Wicks and Fred R. Foister, Junius and Joseph, Presidential Politics and the Joseph Young’s Narrative of the Haun’s Mill Massacre [VMSS 791] Sidney Rigdon] Assassination of the First Mormon Prophet (Logan: Utah State University Original copy, dated 4 June 1839, of Brigham Young’s brother’s eyewitness William Huntington Diary and Autobiography [VMSS 272] Press, 2005). account of the terrible events of 30 October 1838 in Caldwell County, Includes information about Joseph Smith’s death. MSS SC 2464 [Promissory Note, signed by Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon and MO when seventeen Latter-day Saints were killed by an extra-legal militia Oliver Cowdery, 1 September 1837, Kirtland, Ohio. For $287.05] II. Manuscript Sources in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections group led by Thomas Jennings. The massacre at Jacob Haun’s mill was the Hosea Stout, Letter, 27 June 1844 [VMSS 127] Relating to or Containing material on Joseph Smith, Jr. worst persecution suffered by Mormons in Missouri. Letter to Col. Harmon, ordering him to assemble the men of the MSS 1443 [Hancock County Court Documents, 1839-1860. 750 documents, Nauvoo Legion for inspection. Ironically, this same date Joseph and with index of material relating to Joseph Smith] A. Major Collections William Patterson McIntire Diary and Notebook [VMSS 806] Hyrum Smith were killed. Records (1840-1856) of a Nauvoo tailor, who observed the world VMSS 716 [Nauvoo Legion, Redeemable Script, 25 July 1843. Signed by Joseph Smith]
44 45 In this year of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Joseph Smith, the participants in this seminar will view, examine, and discuss the publications that disseminated the words, doctrines, politics, and history of Joseph Smith, Jr. during his lifetime.
Biography
Larry W. Draper is Curator of Americana and Mormonism in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections in the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. In 1976 he received a B.A. in philosophy from California State University at Fresno. Two years later he received a Masters of Library Science from BYU, followed in 1988 by an M.A. in history, also at BYU. He worked for 18 years at the LDS Church Historical Department, first as a manuscript cataloger, then from 1985 to 1997 as rare book librarian. He has held his present position since 1997.
Selected Bibliography
The Printed Word Crawley, Peter. “A bibliography of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York, Ohio, and Missouri.” BYU Studies 12 (summer 1974): 465–537. Of Joseph Smith Jr., ———. A descriptive bibliography of the Mormon Church: Volume one, 1830–1847. 1830-1844 Provo, Religious Studies Center, 1997. ———. “Joseph Smith and A Book of Commandments.” Princeton University Library Larry W. Draper Chronicle 42 (autumn 1980): 18–32. Crawley, Peter and Chad J. Flake. Notable Mormon books, 1830–1857. An exhibition in conjunction with the sixth annual Mormon Festival of Arts. Provo, Utah, Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1974.
———. A Mormon fifty. An exhibition in the Harold B. Lee Library in conjunction with the annual conference of the Mormon History Association. Provo, Utah, Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1984.
Ehat, Andrew F. and Lyndon W. Cook. The words of Joseph Smith. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, Religious Studies Center, [1980]. 46 47 Flake, Chad J. and Larry W. Draper. A Mormon bibliography, 1830–1930. Books 468. Bible. N.T. Matthew 24. English. 1835? Inspired Version. Extract from new preface by Parley P. Pratt.^Pages 235–37 are misnumbered 335–37. 2854. Doctrine and Covenants. English. 1833. A Book of Commandments, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides relating to the first century of Mormonism. the new translation of the Bible, it being the 24th chapter of Matthew; but in order to Crawley I:35. for the government of the Church of Christ. Organized according to law, on the 6th of Second edition, revised and enlarged. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, show the connection we will commence with the last verse of the 23rd chapter, vix: . . . CLU-C, CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, MH, NN, UHi, UPB, USlC April, 1830. Zion [Independence, Mo.], Published by W. W. Phelps and Co., 1833. Religious Studies Center, 2004. Published for the benefit of the Saints. [Kirtland, Ohio?, 1835?]. 160p. 12cm. Broadside. 30 x 20cm. 597. Book of Mormon. English. 1840. The book of Mormon. Translated by Includes only five gatherings, to the end of chapter 65, p. 160. The Jessee, Dean C. The personal writing of Joseph Smith. Revised Edition. Salt Lake City, UPB copy enclosed within ornamental border.^Possibly published as Joseph Smith, Jr. Third Edition, carefully revised by the translator. Nauvoo, Ill., Printed by destruction of The Evening and the Morning Star printing office ended printing for Deseret Book Company, [1984]. early as 1835 as it is reprinted in present form in John Corrill’s A brief history of the Robinson and Smith. Stereotyped by Shepard and Stearns, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1840. the Mormons in Independence. The printing office was attacked 20 July 1833 and Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints published in 1839. Or possibly published as late 2p.l., [7]–571, [2]p. 15cm. most copies were destroyed. Three thousand copies were to be printed. Web Source as 1843 to combat the Millerite excitement. Published by Ebenezer Robinson and Don Carlos Smith, younger brother Found in two states, with and without a border on title page. 19th Century Mormon Publications Type similar to the type of the Messenger and Advocate and the Elder’s of Joseph Smith. In some copies, an index of vii pages has been added, not part of Crawley I:8. Journal. the original printing. CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, MoInRC, NN, TxDaM-D, UPB, USlC A few of the items found in Bibliography of books containing the printed words of Byrd 782, Crawley I:25. Crawley I:83. Joseph Smith during his lifetime (see below) are available at this site with complete CtY, UPB, USlC CLU-C, CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, MoInRC, NjP, NN, UHi, UPB, USlC, 2860. Doctrine and Covenants. English. 1835. Doctrine and Covenants of images of all pages and searchable text. Additional titles will be added to this web WHi the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: carefully selected from the revelations site over time. 595. Book of Mormon. English. 1830. The book of Mormon: an account written of God, and compiled by Joseph Smith, Junior, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, Frederick by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi . . . By Joseph 598. Book of Mormon. English. 1841. The book of Mormon: an account written G. Williams, [presiding elders of said church.] Proprietors. Kirtland, Ohio, Printed by F. Available online: http://relarchive.byu.edu/19th/index.html Smith, Junior, author and proprietor. Palmyra, [N.Y.], Printed by E. B. Grandin, for the by the hand of Mormon upon the plates taken from the plates of Nephi . . . Translated G. Williams & Co. for the proprietors, 1835. author, 1830. by Joseph Smith, Jun. First European, from the second American edition. Liverpool , iv, [5]–257, xxv p. 16cm. Bibliography of books containing the printed words of Joseph Smith iv, [5]–588, [2]p. 19cm. Printed by J. Tompkins for Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Parley P. Pratt. By First edition under title Doctrine and Covenants. First to include the during his lifetime First edition has many variants: i.e. p. iv is listed as vi; p. 97 is poorly order of the translator, 1841. Lectures on Faith, and many new revelations.^Although no authorship has clearly printed in some copies; p. 207, seven lines from the bottom exceeding reads 2p.l., [1]–634, [637]–643p. 14cm. been established for the Lectures on Faith, it was principally written by Sidney The items listed below include books and church periodicals that contain the exceding; p. 207, seven lines from the bottom, great reads grert; p. 201, the l Published under the guidance of Brigham Young, who did not seem aware Rigdon but attributed to Joseph Smith. words of Joseph Smith published during his lifetime. The list does not include is raised on many copies; p. 212 is printed as p. 122; p. 487 reads 48 on some of the American 1840 edition. Crawley I:22. newspapers (except where the newspaper was published by the church). The list copies; on p. 575, elder or priest reads elder priest. No order of printing has been Crawley I:98. CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, MH, NjP, NjPT, NN, TxDaM-D, UHi, UPB, is extracted from: A Mormon bibliography, 1830–1930. Books pamphlets, periodicals determined at the present time. CLU-C, CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, MH, NjP, NN, UPB, USlC, UU USl, USlC, UU, WHi and broadsides relating to the first century of Mormonismby Chad J. Flake and Larry Crawley I:1. W. Draper. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young CLU-C, CoU, CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, IHi, IWW, MB, MH, MU, 599. Book of Mormon. English. 1842. The book of Mormon: Translated by 2861. Doctrine and Covenants. English. 1844. The Doctrine and Covenants University, Religious Studies Center, 2004. MoInRC, MWA, NjP, NjPS, NjPT, NN, OC, PP, PU, TxDaM-D, UHi, ULA, Joseph Smith. Fourth American and second stereotype edition, carefully revised by the of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; carefully selected from the UPB, USlC, UU translator. Nauvoo, Ill., Printed by Joseph Smith, 1842. revelations of God. By Joseph Smith, president of said church. Second edition. Nauvoo, 2p.l., [7]–571, [2]p. 15cm. Ill., Printed by John Taylor, 1844. 403. Bennett, John Cook. The history of the saints; or, an expose of Joe Smith 596. Book of Mormon. English. 1837. The book of Mormon: an account written The only edition in which the Jr. or Jun. is dropped from Joseph Smith. His 1p.l., [5]–448p. 15cm. and Mormonism. Boston, Leland & Whiting, New York, Bradbury, Soden, & Co., by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi . . . Translated by father died in September 1840. Byrd 896, Crawley I:236. Cincinnati: E. S. Norris & Co., 1842. Joseph Smith, Jr. Kirtland, Ohio, Printed by O. Cowdery and Co., for P. P. Pratt and J. Crawley I:159. CtY, ICN, MH, MoInRC, NN, OClWHi, UHi, UPB, USlC, WHi ii, 344p. 19cm. plates, 2 ports., plan. Goodson, 1837. CLU-C, CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, NjP, NN, OC, DLC, UPB, USlC, CSmH, CtY, DLC, ICN, MoInRC, NjP, NN, UHi, UPB, USlC, UU, WHi [i–ii], [v]–vi, [7]–619, [2]p. 15cm. UU, WHi 2914a. Doctrine and Covenants. Section 59. English. 1834? Behold, Second edition. Corrected by Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. With a blessed saith the Lord, are they who have come up unto this land with an eye single to
48 49 my glory, according to my commandments. [Kirtland, Ohio?, 1834?]. UPB, USlC Kirtland, Ohio, from January 1835 to October 1836; nos. 1–11 were published by Succeeded The Evening and the Morning Star. Superseded by the Elders’ Broadside. 25 x 18cm. F. G. Williams & Co., nos. 12–24 by O. Cowdery. Journal. In double column.^Printed in Kirtland, Ohio, before the 1835 Doctrine 2921. Doctrine and Covenants. Section 109. English. 1836. Prayer, at the The numbers have the dates and places of publication of the original Crawley I:16. and Covenants. dedication of the Lord’s house in Kirtland, Ohio, March 27, 1836,—By Joseph Smith, Jr. issue (nos. 1–14. Independence, Mo.; nos. 15–24, Kirtland, Ohio). CSmH, CtY, CU-B, vol. 1–2, MH vol. 1–2, NN, UPB, USlC Crawley I:13. president of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. [Kirtland, Ohio, 1836]. Date and place of reprint is given at end of each number. USlC Broadsheet. 31 x 20cm. Crawley I:17. 4779. The Latter-day Saints Millennial Star. Manchester, [Liverpool], The Crawley I:26. CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, UPB, USlC, UU Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Great Britain, 1840–. 2914b. Doctrine and Covenants. Section 76. English. 1838? A striking MoInRC, USlC v. monthly, semimonthly, weekly. 23cm. illus. and remarkable vision, disclosing the real and final state of man, after the period of 3613.Gooch, John, compiler. Death of the prophets Joseph and Hyram [sic] Monthly: May 1840–May 1845.^Semimonthly: June 15, 1845–April 15, his existence in this world, by Joseph Smith Junr, and Sidney Rigdon. Preston, Whittle’s, 3126. Elders’ Journal of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Kirtland, Ohio; [Far Smith, who were murdered while in prison at Carthage Ill., on the 27th day of June, A.D., 1852; Weekly: April 24, 1852–.^Published in Manchester, vol. 1, no. 1–vol. 2, no. 11, printers, [1838?]. West, Mo.], October 1837–August 1838. 1844. Compiled, and printed for our venerable brother in Christ, Freeman Nickerson. . . . May 1840–March 1842. Published in Liverpool, vol. 2, no. 12–vol. 92, April 1842– Broadside. 45 x 29cm. 1v. (4 nos. in 64p.). 25cm. Boston, Printed by John Gooch, 1844. 1930. Printed before the death of Joseph Smith, Sr. An Elder’s certificate with First editor: Joseph Smith, Jr. 12p. 22cm. Crawley I:71. a similar border, dated 1838, printed in Preston suggests the date and place of Follows the Messenger and Advocate. Preface signed: J. G. CLU vol. 1–56, 58–60; CSmH; CtY vol. 1–21, 31, 67; CU-B; MH; NjP vol. printing of this broadside. Suspended December 1837–June 1838. Often listed under Freeman Nickerson. 1–17; ULA; UPB; USlC; WHi vol. 1–32, 34–65, 69–90, 93–94 Crawley I:52. Final issues (3, 4) printed in Far West, Missouri. Crawley I:232. USlC Crawley I:39. CtY, MH, UPB, USlC 5554a. Mormonism: or some of the false doctrines and lying abominations CtY, CU-B, IWW, MoInRC, NN, UPB, USlC, WHi, nos. 1–3 of the so-called Latter-day Saints confuted and exploded by the 2916f. Doctrine and Covenants. Section 88. English. 1834? Verily, thus 3925. Hayward, John. The book of religions; comprising the views, creeds, BibleCthe word of God. [Ormskirk, Printed by Leak and Hutton, 1842?]. saith the Lord unto you, who have assembled yourselves together to receive his will 3272. The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, Mo. [Kirtland, Ohio], sentiments, or opinions, of all the principal religious sects in the world, particularly of 4p. 23cm. concerning you. [Kirtland, Ohio, 1834?]. June 1832–September 1834. all Christian denominations in Europe and America, to which are added church and EnLBr, USlC Broadsheet. 34 x 25cm. 2v. (24 nos.) monthly . 30cm. missionary statistics, together with biographical sketches. Boston, John Howard, 1842. In double columns. Vol. 1, nos. 1–12 not paged continuously. 432p. 20cm. 5727. Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, Hancock, Co., Ill., May 3, 1843–October 29, Printed in Kirtland before the publication of the 1835 Doctrine & Vol. 1, no. 1–vol. 2, no. 14 (issue numbers are continuous through both Other editions: 1843. DLC, IU, LU, MH, UPB; 1845. MH, NIC; 1848. OCl; 1845. Covenants. volumes) June 1832–July 1833 published at Independence, Mo.; edited by W. W. 1853. PPL, TNDC; 1856. NN; 1857. DLC; 1858. DLC, PV, TNDC; 1860. ICN, KMK, 3v. weekly. 52cm. Includes Section 89 on p. [2]. Phelps. MiU; 1861. OO, PP, PSt; 1873. OClWHi, PV. Editor: John Taylor.^Successor to The Wasp.^Vol. 1:1–39 published by Crawley I:12. Vol. 2, no. 15–vol. 2, no. 24, December 1833–September 1834, published Includes “Mormonites, or Church of the Latter-day Saints,” p. 260B72. Taylor and Woodruff.^Whole numbering continues that of The Wasp. Nos. 3 and UPB at Kirtland, Ohio; edited by Oliver Cowdery. DLC, MWA, MoInRC, NN, UPB 5 (whole numbers 108 and 109) of Vol. 2 omitted in numbering. None published between July and December 1833.^Followed by Latter- Crawley I:175. 2920a. Doctrine and Covenants. Section 101. English. 1834? Verily, I say day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. 4778. Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, Ohio , October CSmH Je 24, 1844; CtY vol. 1, nos. 1–52, vol. 2, nos. 1–3, 6–52, vol. 3, nos. unto you, concerning your brethren who have been afflicted, and persecuted, and cast Crawley I:3. 1834–September 1837. 1–23; ICHi Je 7, 28, 1843, Ja 10, 31, Mr 27, Ap 10, Je 26, Jl 10, Ag 7, 28, O 2, 23, 30, out from the land of their inheritance. . . . [Kirtland, Ohio, 1834?]. CSmH, MoInRC nos. 1–14, UPB, USlC 3v. (36 nos. in 576p.). 25–28cm. 1844, Ja-F, Mr 26, Ap 23–30, My 14–Je 18, Jl 2, 16, Ag 13–S 3, 17–O 1845; MWA Jl Broadsheet. 32 x 20cm. Editors: Oliver Cowdery, John Whitmer, Warren A. Cowdery.^Published 3, 1844; NN D 27, 1843, Mr 6, 27–Ap 10, 24–M6 8, Je 19, Jl 17, 31, 1844, Ja 9–F 5, In double columns.^Printed in Kirtland before the publication of the 3273. Evening and Morning Star. Kirtland, Ohio, 1832–34 [i.e., 1835–36]. by F. G. Williams & Co. October 1834–May 1836; Oliver Cowdery, June 1936– 19–26, Mr 12, 26–Ap 2, 30, My 21, Jl 9, S 24–O 1; UPB. vol. 1, nos. 1–52, vol. 2, nos. 1835 Doctrine & Covenants. 2v. (24 nos.) monthly . 20cm. January 1837; Joseph Smith, Jr. & Sidney Rigdon, February–March 1837; April 1837– 2–3, 6–22, 24–32, 34–38, 41–52, vol. 3, nos. 3, 6, 14, 17, 19–21, 23; USlC comp. Crawley I:11. A reprint of The Evening and the Morning Star with changes, published at September 1837; William Marks.
50 51 5728. Nauvoo Neighbor . Nauvoo Neighbor Extra. Monday morning, June 17, 36p. 17cm. Preface dated: New York, February, 1844.^In double columns. 1844. [Nauvoo, Ill., 1844]. In yellow printed wrappers. On back wrapper is printed Philo Dibble’s 7285. Rigdon, Sidney. Theology. Lecture first. On the doctrine of the Church of Crawley I:199. Broadside. 52 x 44cm. hymn: The happy day has rolled on. Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Of faith. [Kirtland, Ohio, 1835]. CSmH, CtY, NN, USlC Contains proceedings of Nauvoo City Council relating to the Expositor Crawley I:109. Broadside. 34 x 26cm. and includes Joseph Smith’s order to destroy the Expositor press. CSmH, ICHi, MH, MWA, NjP, NN, UPB, USlC, UU In three columns. 7956. ———. General Joseph Smith’s appeal to the Green Mountain boys, Byrd 882, Crawley I:223. The first printing of the initial section of the Lectures on Faith as it later December, 1854. Nauvoo, Ill., Taylor and Woodruff, printers, 1843. USlC 6503. ———. (same) [Second American edition]. An interesting account of several appeared in the 1835 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants. 7p. 24cm. remarkable visions, and of the late discovery of ancient American records. By O. Pratt, Crawley I:20. At head of title: Times and Seasons—Extra. 6041. Packard, Noah. Political and religious detector: in which Millerism is minister of the gospel. [Second American edition]. New York, Joseph W. Harrison, USlC Byrd 818, Crawley I:187. exposed, false principles detected, and truth brought to light. By N. Packard, minister of 1841. 7440. Rupp, Israel Daniel. He pasa ekklesia. An original history of the DLC, ICN, MBAt, MH, MoInRC, USlC the gospel. Medina, Ohio, Printed by Michael Hayes, 1843. 36p. 17cm. religious denominations at present existing in the United States. Containing authentic 40p. 20cm. In yellow printed wrappers. accounts of their rise, progress, statistics and doctrines. Written expressly for the 7957. ———. General Smith’s views of the powers and policy of the government of “Mormonism revealed! The kingdom divided against itself cannot stand,” On back wrapper is printed Philo Dibble’s hymn: The happy day has work by eminent theological professors, ministers, and lay-members, of the respective the United States. Nauvoo, Ill., John Taylor, printer, 1844. p. 10–16. rolled on. denominations. Projected, compiled and arranged by I. Daniel Rupp, of Lancaster, Pa. 12p. 24cm. Crawley I:177. Crawley I:110. . . . Philadelphia, J. Y. Humphreys; Harrisburg, Clyde and Williams, 1844. First published in February 1844. In May–June it was reprinted in various ICU, UPB, USlC NN, UPB, USlC viii, [9]B734p. 24cm. illus. cities in the United States. In May it was printed in the Times and Seasons and then Published under title: History of all the religious denominations in the reprinted in an eight-page pamphlet. 6501. Pratt, Orson. A [sic] interesting account of several remarkable visions, and 6504. ———. (same) [Third American edition.]. An interesting account of several United States. Harrisburg, John Winebrenner, 1848. MH; 1849. USlC; Published Byrd 897, Crawley I:201. of the late discovery of ancient American records. By O. Pratt, minister of the gospel. remarkable visions, and of the late discovery of ancient American records. By O. Pratt, under title: The religious denominations in the United States. Philadelphia, C. CtY, ICN, IHi, MoS, OC, USlC Edinburgh, Printed by Ballantyne and Hughes, MDCCCXL [1840]. minister of the gospel. [Third American edition.]. New York, Joseph W. Harrison, Desilver, 1859. DLC, NN. 31p. 18cm. printer, 1842. Latter-day Saints, by Joseph Smith, p. 404B10. 7957a. ———. (same) General Smith’s views of the powers and policy of the Cover title: An interesting account . . . 36p. 17cm. Howes R507. government of the United States. Chicago, Ill., Ellis & Fergus, Book and Job printers, In yellow printed wrappers. In brown printed wrappers. CSmH, CtY, DLC, ICN, MH, MoInRC, MoU, NjP, NjR, NN, UHi, ULA, UPB, 1844. Crawley I:82. Crawley I:147. USlC, UU, ViU, WHi 12p. 21cm. CtY, CU-B, MoInRC, MoK, UPB, USlC CSmH, CtY, CU-B, MoInRC, NN, UHi, UPB, USlC Crawley I:213. 7953. Smith, Joseph, 1805–1844. Correspondence between Joseph Smith, the UPB, USlC 6501a. ———. (same under title) Interesting account of several remarkable 6772. The Prophet. New York, Board of Control of the Society for the Diffusion prophet, and Col. John Wentworth, editor of “The Chicago Democrat,” and member of visions, and of the late discovery of ancient American records. Edinburgh, Printed by of Truth, May 18, 1844–May 24, 1845. Congress from Illinois; Gen. James Arlington Bennet, of Arlington House, Long Island, and 7958. ———. (same under title) Smith’s views of the powers and policy of the Ballantyne and Hughes, MDCCCXL [1840]. 1v. (52 nos.) weekly. 56cm. the Honorable John C. Calhoun, senator from South Carolina. In which is given, a sketch government of the United States. Philadelphia, Printed by Brown, Bicking & Guilbert, 31p. 18cm. Succeeded by New York Messenger which continued its voluming. of the life of Joseph Smith, the rise and progress of the Church of Latter Day Saints, and 1844. Crawley I:82. Successive editors: George T. Leach edited nos. 1–9; William Smith nos. their persecutions by the state of Missouri: with the peculiar views of Joseph Smith, in 12p. 23cm. USlC 10–26; Sam Brannan, nos. 27–50; and Parley P. Pratt, nos. 51–52. relation to political and religious matters generally; to which is added a concise account Crawley I:216. Crawley I:211. of the present state and prospects of the city of Nauvoo. New York, Published by John CtY, USlC 6502. ———. (same under title) An interesting account of several remarkable CtY Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9–10, 12–15, 17, 19–24, 26–35, 37–38, 40–52; MH, E. Page and L. R. Foster, Elders in the Church of Latter Day Saints, J. W. Harrison, visions, and of the late discovery of ancient American records. By O. Pratt, minister of NN, UPB Nos. 1–3, 15, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31, 33–35, 41, 43, 45, 47–51; USlC, printer, 1844. 7959. ———. (same) General Smith’s views of the powers and policy of the the gospel. [First American edition.]. New York, Joseph W. Harrison, printer, 1841. WHi 16p. 23cm. government of the United States. Nauvoo, Ill., John Taylor, printer, 1844.
52 53 8p. 26cm. CSmH, CtY, IHi, USlC pertaining to the upbuilding of the kingdom of God and the signs of the times, together In double column. with a great variety of useful information, in regard to the doctrines, history, principles, Printed from the type setting of the Nauvoo Neighbor for May 8, 1844. It 7966. ———. (same under title) Views of the powers and policy of the government persecutions, deliverances, and onward progress of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- was then published in the Times and Seasons, from the same type, but with some of the United States. By General Joseph Smith, of Nauvoo, Illinois. Re-published by John day Saints. Nauvoo, [Ill.], 1839–1846. corrections. E. Page, elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Pittsburgh, 1844. 6v. monthly. 23cm. illus., plates, fold. facsim. Byrd 898, Crawley I:209. 8p. 24cm. Editors: Don Carlos Smith, Ebenezer Robinson, Joseph Smith, John Taylor, UPB, USlC Caption title. etc.^Title from volume 4. In vol. 4, some copies have the word compendium Crawley I:217. misspelled “ocmpendium.”^Vol. 5, no. 23 misnumbered, no. 22 in some copies. 7959a. ———. (same) General Smith’s views of the powers and policy of the CtY, DLC, MoInRC, NN, UPB, USl, USlC Crawley I:60. government oe [sic] the United States. Nauvoo, Ill., Printed by John Taylor, 1844. CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, MH, NN, UHi, ULA, UPB, USl, USlC, UU, 8p. 24cm. 7994. ———. Reply of Joseph Smith, to the letter of J. A. B.—of A—n House, New WHi Reprinted from the Times and Seasons of May 15, 1844 with the same York. Liverpool, Published by R. Hedlock & T. Ward, [1844]. type, with a new running title and title page.^Error on title page: third “of” 24p. 15cm. 9625. The Wasp. Nauvoo, Ill., April 16, 1842–April 26, 1843. misspelled “oe.”. The letter of James Arlington Bennett of Arlington House is included. 1v. weekly. 44cm. Crawley I:210. Publication announced in Millennial Star, February 1844, p. 160. Editors: Elder William Smith; John Taylor. MoInRC, UPB, WHi Crawley I:198. Succeeded by the Nauvoo Neighbor, May 3, 1843. CSmH, CtY, CU-B, MH, UHi, UPB, USlC Crawley I:148. 7960. ———. (same) General Smith’s views of the powers and policy of the CtY; MWA Aug 27, 1842; NN Jul 2, 1842; UPB Oct 8, 15, Dec 3, 17, 24, government of the United States. Pontiac, Mich., Jacksonian Print., 1844. 8000. ———. The voice of truth, containing General Joseph Smith’s correspondence 1842, Jan 7, 21, 28, Mar 1, 8, Apr 12, 1843; USlC 8p. 25cm. with Gen. James Arlington Bennett; appeal to the Green Mountain Boys; Crawley I:215. correspondence with John C. Calhoun, Esq.; views of the powers and policy of the UPB, USlC government of the United States; pacific innuendo, and Gov. Ford’s letter; a friendly hint to Missouri, and a few words of consolation for the “Globe;” also, correspondence with 7961. ———. (same) General Smith’s views of the powers and policy of the the Hon. Henry Clay. . . . Nauvoo, Ill., Printed by John Taylor, 1844 [1845]. government of the United States. [n.p., 1844]. 64p. 25cm. 11p. 22cm. Cover title: The voice of truth, containing the public writings, portrait, and Crawley I:218. last sermon of President Joseph Smith. Wrapper dated 1845. MoInRC, USlC In yellow printed wrappers. The Clay correspondence ends at p. 59, and an appendix, p. 59–64, 7962. ———. Gen. Joseph Smith’s views of the powers and policy of the contains “Joseph Smith’s last sermon, delivered at the April conference, 1844.” On government of the United States. An appeal to the Green Mountain Boys. back cover is a hymn, “The cap-stone,” anti-Rigdonite in character, with errata note, Correspondence with the Hon. John C. Calhoun. Also a copy of a memorial to the which was published in the Times and Seasons, August 1, 1845. Legislature of Missouri. . . . New York, E. J. Bevin, printer, 1844. Byrd 899, Crawley I:271. 41p. 22cm. CtY, DLC, ICN, IHi, MH, MoInRC, MoKU, NN, UHi, UPB, USlC At head of title: Americans read!!!^Memorial dated: Dec. 10, 1838. Crawley I:214. 8955. The Times and Seasons. Containing a compendium of intelligence
54 55 Books are collectable for many reasons. Sometimes it’s the content. Sometimes it’s the author. And sometimes it’s that little something added by the owner, the author, or someone presenting it to a friend. Join Linda Brown and Russ Taylor as they discuss those added “somethings” that make books interesting, unique, and collectable, using examples from the Victorian Collection.
Biographies
Linda W. Brown is the Rare Book Cataloger and Curator of the eight British and American literature collections housed in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. In 1968 Linda started working in the Lee Library as an original book cataloger. In 1988 she was made rare book cataloger and then curator in 2002. Linda graduated from Utah State University with a BS and has done graduate work at BYU. She has attended several sessions at Rare Book School held annually at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. In October 2004, Linda lectured at the A. Dean Larsen Book Collecting Conference eliquiae ictorianae on Victorian children’s literature and in July 2005, she lectured and exhibited at the R V : Louisa May Alcott Conference held at BYU.
Or Scraps of Victorian Life Russ Taylor has been Supervisor of Reference Services at the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of BYU’s Harold B. Lee Library since 1999. Prior professional work includes 15 years as a corporate speechwriter, three years as assistant curator of Linda Brown and Russ Taylor Special Collections at BYU and temporary positions as reference librarian at Mary Washington College (Fredericksburg, Virginia) and Anoka-Ramsey Community College (Coon Rapids, Minnesota), and as a contract library cataloger for Advanced Information Consultants (Minneapolis, Minnesota). To round out his professional career, he has also worked as a bull whacker and ox drover for the Minnesota State Historical Society at the Oliver Kelly Historic Farm in Elk River, Minnesota, and at “This Is The Place” Heritage Park in Salt Lake City.
56 57 Websites Robin de Beaumont. (London book dealer and prominent book collector in out Ruskin, John. Letters From John Ruskin. London: Privately Printed, 1894. Stevenson, Robert Louis. Underwoods. London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. of print, rare, used, antiquarian and hard to find books.) Ruskin’s copy with his Brantwood Ex Libris bookplate and ms.shelf location in Presentation copy from the author to Dr. Brandt, one of the physicians who Recommended Websites Related to Book Collecting [email protected] his library. Laid in is check signed by Ruskin. attended Stevenson during his numerous illnesses.
The Nineteenth Century (In association with The British Library. Search the Books containing bookplates Books containing written notations largest and most important collections of nineteenth-century works for research Recommended Secondary Sources and Bibliographies: and teaching. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles. London: G. Newnes, Ltd., Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience. London: W. Pickering, 1839. http://c19.c wyck.com L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Register to the David Birckersteth Magee (1905- 1902. Contains numerous notations about the original manuscript owned by Dante 1977) Collection of Victorian and Edwardian Manuscripts (1812-1952), by Russ Doyle’s copy with his bookplate. Gabriel Rossetti. Also contains fifteen pencil drawings and twenty nine leaves The British Library. (The British Library is the national library of the United Taylor and LeGrand Baker. Provo, Utah: L. tom perry Special Collections, of manuscript additions bound in. Kingdom. The collection includes 150 million items, in most known languages.) Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, 2003. Hardy, Thomas. The Dynasts. London: Macmillan Company, 1903-1908. http://www.bl.uk/ Bookplate of Jerome Kern. Thackeray, William Makepeace. The New Sketch Book. London: A. Rivers, 1906. Magee, David Bickersteth. Victoria R.I.: A Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Presentation copy from the editor, Robert Garnett. Contains his four page Victoria snd Albert Museum. (The National Art Library, a division of the V&A Letters, Original Drawings. San Francisco: Antiquarian Books, 1969-1970. 3 vols. Books containing letters letter, printed book reviews, various written notations and other pertinent Museum is both a major reference library and the Victoria and Albert Museum’s matter throughout the book. curatorial department for the art, craft and design of the book.) McLean, Ruari. Victorian Book Design & Colour Printing. London: Faber & Faber, 1963. Dickens, Charles. The Uncommercial Traveller. London: Chapman and Hall, 1861. http://www.vam.ac.uk/collecting/print_books/Print_books/books.htm Presentation copy and letter signed by the author mounted in the book. Miscellaneous Mitchell, Sally and others, eds. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland reference Quaritch Rare Books and Manuscripts. (Quaritch has been selling rare books and library of social science, vol. 438. New York: Garland, 1988. Eliot, George. Romola. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1863. Browning, Robert. Asolando. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1890. manuscrpits since 1847 and is one of the original members of the Antiquarian Letter signed by the author mounted in the book. Mounted in the book is Browning’s funeral program, held in Westminster bookseller’s Association. Shattock, Joanne, ed. The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, vol. 4, 1800- Abbey in 1889. http://www.quaritch.com 1900. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999- Books containing original illustrations Stevens, Thomas. The Crystal Palace. Coventry: Stevengraph Work, ca. 1880. Betram Rota Ltd. (Antiquarian booksellers specializing in modern first editions, Sutherland, John. Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Greenaway, Kate. Almanack for 1890. London: G. Routledge and Sons, 1889. Silk woven picture of the Crystal Palace, site of the Great Exhibition, held in private press books, literary autographs & manuscripts.) University Press, 1989. Presentation copy to the Empress Frederick of Germany and original London in 1851. http://www.bertramrota.co.uk watercolor illustration by Greenaway. Manuscript items English Literature on the Web. (An association of literary scholars and critics.) A Sampling of items shown in this session: Thackeray, William Makepeace. Rebecca and Rowena. London: Chapman and Hall, 1850. http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jP/~matsuoka/EngLit.html Presentation copy from the author with two original pen and ink drawings. Letters Printed Items abebooks.com. (Abebooks is the world’s largest online marketplace for books, Books containing presentation copies Dickens, Charles. Handwritten letter to his sister-in-law. To “My Dearest Georgy” with over 50 million classic collectible books.) Author’s books with their written notations (Georgina Hogarth), dated May 1861. http://www.abebooks.com Carroll, Lewis. The Hunting of the Snark. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. Georgina Hogarth was possibly closer to Dickens than any other woman in Browning, Robert. Bells and Pomegranates. London: E. Moxon, 1841-1846. Presentation copy from the author to his brother, Skeffington Hume Dodgson. his life and was alone with him when he had the stroke that killed him. Bookfinder.com. (Over 60 million new, used, rare and out of print books.) Browning’s copy with his name on the title page and corrections throughout http://www.bookfinder.com in his hand.
58 59 Nightingale, Florence. Handwritten to Dr. Joseph Bell dated 10 South St. Park Lane W., “June 28/87.” Letter written to a Scottish doctor who gave lectures to the nurses at the Edinburgh Infirmary, permitting him to dedicate a publication to her.
Original illustrations
Beardsley, Aubrey. Original drawing for a chapter opening of Le Morte D’Arthur. Pen and ink, mounted and framed. [1893]
Browne, Hablot Knight. Pencil and watercolor drawing to illustrate Charles Dickens’ novel, The Personal History of David Copperfield.
Original manuscripts
Baring-Gould, Sabine. Original handwritten manuscript of Three Kings Rode From the Orient Land. This man of letters is famous as the author of “Onward Christian Soldiers.”
Bridges, Robert. Original handwritten manuscript of “Hymn of Nature” (published as “Song of Darkness and Light”).
Miscellaneous
Carroll, Lewis. A group of eight original photographs of friends, mostly children, all formerly in Carroll’s possession with printed ticket and with notes in his hand identifying subjects and dates.
Gordon, Charles George. Draft of a telegram in his handwriting [Khartoum, 1884].
60 61 Blaine Hudson, a successful businessman and entrepreneur in Utah Valley, will discuss his personal philosophy of collecting Mormon books and the methods he used over his many years of collecting. He will also show examples from his very significant Mormon book collection.
Biography
Blaine T. Hudson was the owner of Hudson Printing Company, a nationally- recognized company, from 1971 to his retirement in the early nineties. Under his direction, this company grew from a small business into a successful corporation. He and his wife Barbara served as missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints in 1987 in Dublin, Ireland, and as President of the California Anaheim Mission from 1993-96.
Books to be shown by Blaine Hudson
Book of Mormon (Palmyra, 1830), with two holography letters from the typesetter, John H. Gilbert, pasted in My Personal Collecting A book of commandments (Independence, 1833) of Mormon Books PRATT, Parley Parker. The millennium, a poem (Boston, 1835) PRATT, Parley Parker. A voice of warning (New York, 1837)
Blaine Hudson Elders’ Journal (Kirtland and Far West, 1837-38)
Times and Seasons (Nauvoo, 1839-46), the British Mission set
PRATT, Orson. A interesting account of several remarkable visions (Edinburgh, 1840)
Millennial Star, vol. 5, Wilford Woodruff’s copy with his and Heber C. Kimball’s The word of the Lord to the citizens of London (London, 1841) bound in at the end
The following lines were composed by Mrs. Mary Matthews (Nauvoo? 1841?)
62 63 LITTLE, Jesse Carter, and George Bryant Gardner. A collection of sacred hymns (Bellows Falls, Vt., 1844)
Poetical facts (n.p., 1844?)
A circular, of the high council (Nauvoo, 20 January 1846)
General epistle from the Council of the Twelve Apostles (St. Louis, 1848)
GLEDHILL, James. A Mormons song (Manchester? 1849?)
Deseret News (Salt Lake City, 1850-51), vol. 1
Pearl of Great Price (Liverpool, 1851), in the original wrappers
Deseret News,—Extra (Salt Lake City, 14 September 1852)
PEIRCY, Frederick, and James Linforth. Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley (Liverpool, 1855), in the fifteen original parts with green wrappers
Circular for the ship Horizon (Liverpool, 1856) Library Maps First Floor 68 Second Floor 69
Third Floor (Ground Level) 70
Fourth Floor 71
Fith Floor 72
64 65 Level 1 Level 2
66 67 Level 3 Level 4
68 69 Level 5
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