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True to type: One hundred years of fine printing from Special Collections
March 5 - May 4, 2003
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Cecil Johnson. A Printer’s Garland: Being a Miscellany of Typographic
Fancies. San Francisco, Calif.: The Book Club of California, 1935.
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What do William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Kitao Masanobu’s
“Holidaymakers in an Iris Garden Listening to a Cuckoo,” and
Max Ernst's Histoire Naturelle have in common?
These items are just a few examples of the sumptuous books, woodblock
prints and engravings on display in the donor hall of the San Diego
State University Library from March 3 through May 4, 2003.
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The poetry, natural sciences,
Californiana and literary works highlighted in this exhibit illustrate
that the virtues of handsome printing and typographic design
embrace a variety of genres and subjects. They demonstrate that the pleasures
of a well-printed book endure across generations and political or cultural
boundaries.
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Wagner, Henry Raup. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Discoverer of the
Coast of California. San Francisco: California Historical Society,
1941.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Works of Chaucer.
London: The Basilisk Press, 1974.
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Milton, John. Samson Agonistes: A Dramatic Poem.
Harrow Weald, Middlesex: Raven Press, 1931.
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Virtual exhibit created by Elke Zobl
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