A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography

The A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures are an endowed lectureship in bibliography established in 1928 by rare-book and manuscript dealer A. S. W. Rosenbach at the University of Pennsylvania. [1]

A.S.W. Rosenbach, collector, scholar, and dealer in rare books

The Rosenbach Lectures are the longest continuing series of bibliographical lectureships in the United States. Individuals appointed as Rosenbach Fellows present three lectures over several weeks.[2]

The university's Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center in collaboration with their Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts are the current location of the lectures.

## Lecturers[edit]

The first Rosenbach Fellow was Christopher Morley in 1931 [3] whose lectures were published as Ex Libris Carissimis in 1932.[4] Many of the lectures have been published by the University of Pennsylvania Press including Morley's which was also part of the anniversary collection of the Press.

Other Lecturers include:

* Randolph Greenfield Adams[5]
* Ann M. Blair
* Fredson Bowers[6]
* Clarence S. Brigham [7]
* Curt F. Bühler[8][9]
* Mary Carruthers
* Cass Canfield[10]
* William Charvat [11]
* Elizabeth Eisenstein[12]
* John Farquhar Fulton[13]
* Louis Hanke [14]
* Dard Hunter[15]
* Matthew G. Kirschenbaum[16]
* John Lievsay[17]
* Alberto Manguel
* Dorothy Miner-first woman Fellow [18][19]
* Paul Needham
* A. Edward. Newton [20]
* J.H. Powell [21]
* George Sarton[22]
* Leslie Shane[23]
* Brain Stock [24]
* G. Thomas Tanselle[25]
* Archer Taylor[26]
* Eric Gardner Turner[27]
* Robert W. G. Vail[28]
* George Parker Winship[29]
* Richard J. Wolfe.[30]
* Lawrence C. Wroth[31]

## References[edit]

1. ^ “Rosenbach Lectures.” The Oxford Companion to the Book. Oxford University Press, 2010.
2. ^ The A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography
3. ^ Moffett A. "Mr. Morley writes the reminiscences of a reader: EX LIBRIS CARISSIMIS," by Christopher Morley. 134 pp. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania press. $2. New York Times. 1932 May 15, 1932/05/15/:1.
4. ^ Morley, Christopher, A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Fund, and Ralph Ellison Collection (Library of Congress). 1932. Ex Libris Carissimis. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania press.
5. ^ Adams, Randolph Greenfield, and A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Fund. 1939. Three Americanists : Henry Harrisse, Bibliographer; George Brinley, Book Collector; Thomas Jefferson, Librarian. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
6. ^ 1954 Lecturer. Bowers, Fredson. 1955. On Editing Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Dramatists. [Philadelphia]: Published for the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation by the University of Pennsylvania Library.
7. ^ Brigham, Clarence S. 1950. Journals and Journeymen : A Contribution to the History of Early American Newspapers. Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press.
8. ^ Bühler, Curt F., and A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Fund. 1949. Standards of Bibliographical Description. Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press.
9. ^ Bühler, Curt F. 1960. The Fifteenth-Century Book : The Scribes, the Printers, the Decorators. Philadelphia [Pennsylvania]: University of Pennsylvania Press.
10. ^ 1968\. Lecture. Canfield, Cass, and A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Fund. 1969. The Publishing Experience. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
11. ^ Charvat, William. 1959. Literary Publishing in America, 1790-1850. Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press.
12. ^ Elizabeth L. Eisenstein to Deliver Rosenbach Lectures at the Penn Libraries. Business Wire. New York: Business Wire, 2010.
13. ^ Fulton, John F., and A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Fund. 1951. The Great Medical Bibliographers: A Study in Humanism. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
14. ^ Hanke, Lewis. 1952. Bartolomé de Las Casas: Bookman, Scholar & Propagandist. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
15. ^ Hunter, Dard, and A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Fund. 1952. Papermaking in Pioneer America. Philadelphia: Univ. of Pa. Press.
16. ^ 2016 Lectures. Kirschenbaum, Matthew G. 2021. Bitstreams: The Future of Digital Literary Heritage. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
17. ^ Lievsay,John Leon, and A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Fund. The Englishman’s Italian Books, 1550-1700. Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1969.
18. ^ DOROTHY MINER, 68, ARTS SCHOLAR, DIES. New York Times, May 17, 1973.
19. ^ Miner, D. (1955). Illuminated Manuscripts at Harvard. College Art Journal, 14(3), 229–235.
20. ^ Newton, A. Edward. 2016. Bibliography and Pseudo-Bibliography. Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press.
21. ^ Powell, J. H., and A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Fund. 1957. The Books of a New Nation: United States Government Publications, 1774-1814. Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press.
22. ^ Sarton, George. 1955. The Appreciation of Ancient and Medieval Science during the Renaissance, 1450-1600. Pp. xvii. 233. University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia.
23. ^ Leslie, Shane, and A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Fund. 1935. The Script of Jonathan Swift, and Other Essays. Philadelphia, London: University of Pennsylvania Press; H. Milford, Oxford University Press.
24. ^ Stock, Brian. “Rosenbach Lectures: Minds, Bodies, Readers.” New Literary History 37, no. 3 (2006): 489–524
25. ^ 1987 Lecture: Tanselle, G. Thomas, and University of Pennsylvania Press. 1989. A Rationale of Textual Criticism. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
26. ^ Taylor, Archer. 1966. General Subject-Indexes since 1548. Philadelphia - Pa: University Press.
27. ^ Turner, E. G. 1977. The Typology of the Early Codex. [Philadelphia]: University of Pennsylvania Press.
28. ^ Vail, R. W. G. 2017. The Voice of the Old Frontier. Reprint 2016. Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press. The three lectures Vail delivered in 1945 supplemented by descriptions of 1300 bibliographical items covering the North American frontier literature over the period 1542 to 1800,
29. ^ Winship, George Parker, and A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Fund. 1940. Printing in the Fifteenth Century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
30. ^ Wolfe, Richard J. 1989. Marbled Paper: Its History, Techniques, and Patterns: With Special References to the Relationship of Marbling to Bookbinding in Europe and the Western World. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania.
31. ^ WROTH, Lawrence Counselman, and James LOVEDAY. 1934. An American Bookshelf, 1775. [An Account of the Library of James Loveday, as Reflecting the Contemporary Social Background.]. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

## External links[edit]

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