Brussels Rare Book & Print Fair

 01/09/2019 – 01/09/2019 The Belgian Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association is cordially inviting you to visit the 4th edition of the Salon du Mont des Arts, the leading event for antiquarian book and print lovers in Belgium.
 
The fair will take place at the prestigious Royal Academy of Belgium in the heart of Brussels, with about forty Belgian and international exhibitors.
 
Brussels 2018This prestigious venue is located opposite the Royal Palace and the Parc de Bruxelles in the city centre; it is close to the Sablon and the famed Grand-Place as well as the Royal Library of Belgium and many important museums, including the Magritte Museum, the Musical Instruments Museum, and the Fine Arts Museum.

www.clam-bba.be

ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair 2019

 31/10/2019 – 02/11/2019 The 29th edition of the ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair will return to Chelsea Old Town Hall from 31st October to 2nd November 2019. 

www.chelseabookfair.com

Ephemera Society Fair

 01/12/2019 – 01/12/2019 The Ephemera Society 2019 Winter Fair will be held Sunday 1 December at the Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury, Coram Street, London WC1N 1HT.

Entry £3  All welcome

More info: 01923 829079  info@ephemera-society.org.uk

Collecting science books - The ‘Hows’, the ‘whys’

 02/12/2019 – 02/12/2019

Speakers: Dr. Elma Brenner (subject specialist, medieval and early modern medicine, Wellcome Library), Deborah Coltham (Deborah Coltham Rare Books Limited), Edwin Rose (PhD student, University of Cambridge, and prize-winning book collector).

 

The drive to collect is as old as time, and the motivating factors are myriad, each collector inspired by a combination of reasons. This is no less true for those of us compelled to seek out rare, important, and unusual books, manuscripts, and ephemera in the history of science and medicine.  The talks this evening will explore some of the motivations and criteria for buying, from three different perspectives, that of dealer, private collector, and institutional buyer, in so doing highlighting areas of commonality and difference.

 

(Attached are sample pictures that will be used at the seminar. They are from Wellcome MS. 8932, an early 15th-century folding almanac, and Wellcome EPB/61997/A (Questa operetta tracta del arte del ben morire (Venice: Johannes Baptista Sessa, after 22 March 1503)).