The Collection of publishers’ prospectuses, catalogs, and other materials contains many different types of source material for the study of 18th-century publishing history in France, from book prospectuses and booksellers’ catalogs to laws and legal opinions related to the activities…
While many book prospectuses, considering their ephemeral nature, are little more than simply printed single-sheet advertisements, some are rather lushly printed to showcase the beauty and importance of the book they are advertising. One such example from the Newberry’s Collection…
Last week, the CLIR project staff met with students visiting the Newberry for the Mellon Summer Institute in French Paleography. The French Paleography course, directed this year by Marc Smith (École nationale des chartes, Paris) is one of several Institutes…
The Independent Research Libraries Association (IRLA) held a meeting for representatives from their member institutions at the Newberry today. The final portion of their visit included a sort of show and tell with examples of recent acquisitions and projects from…
The Collection of publishers’ prospectuses, catalogs, and other materials at the Newberry Library contains, not unsurprisingly, a large number of book prospectuses. A book prospectus is a description or advertisement with which a bookseller or publisher hopes to generate interest…
This month I joined the French pamphlet project, where I will be principally responsible for cataloging the Newberry‘s Collection of publishers’ prospectuses, catalogs, and other materials. I have worked as a Cataloging Project Librarian at the Newberry Library since 2008. …