[Sci-tech-public] FW: Paper & Bookbinding Talk - Friday 3/19

[Michelle Baildon]

Paper and Bookbinding: The Making of Diderot's Encyclopédie

MIT Libraries' book conservator, Nancy Schrock, discusses Diderot's Encyclopédie as an example 18th century French papermaking and bookbinding.
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Speaker: Nancy Schrock, Conservator for Special Collections

Date & Time: Friday, March 19 1:00-2:00pm

Location: 14N-118, Institute Archives Reading Room
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This event is part of a series of events associated with Technology and Enlightenment, an exhibition in the Libraries' Maihaugen Gallery (14N-130) that explores one of the most important and controversial publications of the eighteenth century, Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.


MIT Libraries Maihaugen Gallery: http://libraries.mit.edu/maihaugen/index.html
Upcoming Events: http://tiny.cc/UcHGI

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