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Monthly Lecture ProgrammeSession 2007 - 2008Monthly lecture programme : PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE FOR 20 MAY The Graham Pollard Memorial Lecture The Homee and Phiroze Randeria Lecture
Programme for the session 2007 - 2008ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGTuesday, 16 October 2007 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING at Middle Temple, 2 Plowden Buildings, Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y, at 5.30 p.m. At the conclusion of the business of the meeting, Vanessa Hayward, Keeper of the Library, will introduce the collection.
MONTHLY LECTURE PROGRAMMETuesday, 20 November 2007 (Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing; please note that Tea has been moved to the Terrace restaurant ) ISABEL RIVERS: 'HENRY SCOUGAL'S THE LIFE OF GOD IN THE SOUL OF MAN : THE FORTUNES OF A BOOK, 1676-1830'.
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE DAVID PAISEY: 'Searching for Pirckheimer in the Remains of the Arundel Library at the Royal Society'. The library of Willibard Pirckheimer (1470-1530) was purchased in Nuremberg in 1636 by the Collector Earl of Arundel (1585-1646), whose library was donated to the Royal Society in 1667. Many books were sold off in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: what is left?
Tuesday, 15 January 2008 (Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing; Tea in the Garden Room) JAMES TIERNEY: 'British Periodicals, 1660-1800: A New Index of Their Contents'. Building on work begun at the British Museum and the Bodleian Library in the 1930s by James M. Osborn of Yale, this unpublished index now includes book history data and is being converted to electronic format. The presentation will consist of a description and demonstration of the database.
Tuesday, 19 February 2008 (Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing;Tea in the South Cloisters) DAVID MCKITTERICK: Books for the West Indies in the early 18th century: new evidence from the London trade. In the early 18th century Barbados was at the forefront for trade with Britain not just for the Caribbean, but also for some of the colonies in North America. This paper will explore some of the mechanisms of that trade, and reveal an unexpected range of reading.
Tuesday, 18 March 2008 (Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, South Wing; Tea in the Wilkens Garden Room) The Presidential Address
Graham Pollard Memorial LectureTuesday, 15 April 2008 (Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing; Tea in the Haldane Room) WALLACE KIRSOP: Describing the 17th-century editions of the plays of Jean de Rotrou (1609-1650). Some thoughts on the practice of descriptive bibliography in the twenty-first century.
The Homee and Phiroze Randeria LecturePLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE MIRJAM FOOT: 'An 18th-century Dutch patron of bookbinding'. A 30-year quest for the identity of a collector of (mainly) incunabula in fine bindings brought to a successful conclusion?
The Summer VisitSummer visit to the Dr Williams' Library, 14 Gordon Square, London WC1H OAR will take place on 7 July, beginning at 4pm. Please email the Administrator to book a place. Members are permitted to bring one guest.
VenuesMeetings will be held in lecture theatres at University College, Gower Street, London, WC1, beginning at 6.00 p.m. Exact lecture theatres are given in the calendar above. Margaret Ford PANIZZI LECTURESThe 2007 Panizzi lectures, entitled Italian Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts in the collections of the British Library, will be given by Jonathan J.G. Alexander. The lectures will take place on 8,10, and 14 January 2008 at 6.15pm in the Conference Centre of the British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB . Tickets (free) should be obtained in advance from the British Library Box Office (telephone 020 7412 7222; e-mail: boxoffice@bl.uk).
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