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Dr. Goran Proot
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC

Thursday, January 24 at 1:30 pm
Rowe Management Building Room 3089

Design has been an important factor in marketing books since the beginning of printed books in the fifteenth century. In this public lecture, Dr. Proot will address the question: How did the layout of hand press books evolve over long time-spans? He will explore different forces that defined the typographical identity of books in general and of different text genres in particular. Focusing on Flemish books produced between 1473 and c. 1815, he will demonstrate how tradition and innovation, fashion and technical improvements, time and time again, needed to find a new balance.

*Co-sponsored by the Folger Shakespeare Library