Suave Mechanicals: Essays on the History of Bookbinding

Vol. 9

Julia Miller, editor

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This volume is the last in the series and is expected to be published in late Spring 2025. The authors expected to be included in this book are: Whitney Baker, Guilherme Canhão, Ashley Cataldo,  Tom Conroy, Amy Crist, Anna Embree, Bill Hanscom, Anne McClain, John Nove, Todd Pattison, Jeff Peachey, Richard Saunders, and Jay Tanner.

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Charles Hart’s Lithography: Its Theory and Practice

Georgia B. Barnhill

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Barnhill, retired curator, American Antiquarian Society, and author/editor of numerous books on printmaking, has long been interested in Hart's unpublished manuscript, Lithography: Its Theory and Practice, held by the New York Public Library. Recently transcribed, the manuscript will be published in its entirely with an introduction by the author. Hart was a "proofer" in the Endicott Co., one of the few long-surviving lithographic firms in the United States during the 1800s. Hart details how lithographs were made, writes of his personal experiences in the trade, and presents biographies of many of the personalities that worked for this firm in New York City. Publication is expected in late Spring 2025.

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