Highlights of the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology

Steven K. Galbraith; Amelia Hugill-Fontanel & Kari Horowicz

ISBN 10: 1939125138 / ISBN 13: 9781939125132

Published by RIT Press, Rochester, NY, 2014

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4to, 90 pp.

Seller Inventory # 062706

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Highlights of the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology
• Publisher: RIT Press, Rochester, NY
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1939125138
• ISBN 13: 9781939125132
• Binding: softcover
• Illustrator: Well-illustrated
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Since its founding in 1969, the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology has grown from the personal library of its namesake Melbert B. Cary Jr., to one of the nation’s premier libraries on graphic communication history. Highlights of the Cary Graphic Arts Collection brings this history to life with a selection of items that not only exemplify the scope and mission of the library, but are treasures in their own right. The catalog features milestones in the history of printing, diverse examples of fine press printing, artists’ books, and rare artifacts from The New York Times Museum of the Recorded Word.

About the Author

Steven K. Galbraith is Curator of the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection. He has a Ph.D. in English Literature from Ohio State University and an M.L.S. from the University at Buffalo. Prior to coming to RIT, he was the Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Books at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. and the Curator of Early Modern Books and Manuscripts at the Ohio State University. He is the author of works on early English printing, English Renaissance literature, rare book librarianship, and book conservation and digitization.