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If You're Selling, I'm Buying: A Sample Book Sampler

August 26, 2015

By Tamara Fultz

Associate Museum Librarian Tamara Fultz looks at some of the more colorful sample books in Watson Library's special collections.

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Diversity and Exquisiteness: Examples of Three Asian Textile Sample Books

June 27, 2018

By Andrijana Sajic

Senior Book Conservation Coordinator Andrijana Sajic discusses three Asian textile sample books in the collection of Thomas J. Watson Library.

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Threads of History: Digitizing Textile Sample Books

July 24, 2019

By Ursula Romero

Former Intern Ursula Romero discusses digitizing textile sample books in Thomas J. Watson Library.

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The Transforming Book

August 16, 2023

By Lydia Aikenhead

Conservation of a “Blow Book”

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Cool Books

January 24, 2018

By Tony White

Florence and Herbert Irving Associate Chief Librarian Tony White discusses some of the "cool books" acquired by Thomas J. Watson Library in 2017.

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Book-Like Curiosities (Blooks) in The Met Collection

August 24, 2016

By Mindell Dubansky

Museum Librarian for Preservation Mindell Dubansky explores "blooks" (book-like objects) in The Met collection.

Past Exhibition

Emulating Books: Book Objects from the Lynn and Bruce Heckman Gift

April 18–July 16, 2024

Creating objects in book form has been an artistic practice for a millennium. These personal, inventive objects are ubiquitous in many cultures. They have been made for various purposes by people from all walks of life and skill levels. Whether pre…

Essay

Woodcut Book Illustration in Renaissance Italy: The First Illustrated Books

October 1, 2004

By Wendy Thompson

One of the great advantages of woodcuts is that the blocks could be placed in the same framework as movable type and printed in the same press.

Essay

The Book of Hours: A Medieval Bestseller

June 1, 2017

By Wendy Alpern Stein

From the fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth century, more books of hours were made than any other type of book.

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Wood You Like to See Some Samples?

September 21, 2016

By Dana Hart

Manager for Library Administration Dana Hart explores Watson Library's complete set of The American Woods, a gorgeous sample book of various types of wood.