BSANZ Conference 2022 "Embellished": Helman and Martin, John Baskerville at the NLA

Day 2: Types of embellishment
Susannah Helman and Aurelie Martin, John Baskerville at the National Library of Australia: Exciting discoveries
Birmingham’s John Baskerville (1706-1775) was one of the most acclaimed typefounders and printers in British history. He had an unusual approach to book making. He designed a specific binding with a Birmingham workshop and used a unique floral roll as part of this. The Library holds three folio Bibles dating from 1769, two printed by Baskerville himself, and one by a rival, Nicholas Boden. In an exciting discovery, it is clear that the Bible printed by Boden was bound in Baskerville’s workshop. This paper will compare these 1769 folio Bibles, and discuss the controversy in the context of the Library’s collections and Baskerville holdings.
About Susannah Helman
Dr Susannah Helman is Rare Books and Music Curator at the National Library of Australia. She has worked at the National Library of Australia since 2009, until 2021 in the Exhibitions Section. She curated or co-curated exhibitions including Handwritten (2011), Mapping our World (2013-2014), The Sell (2016-2017), Cook and the Pacific (2018-2019) and On Stage (2022). She has a PhD in History from the University of Queensland.
Dr Susannah Helman, Rare Books and Music Curator, Curatorial and Collection Research, National Library of Australia, [e-mail], 02 6262 1475
About Aurelie Martin
Aurelie Martin is working as a conservation officer at the National Library of Australia. She completed an MA in Book Conservation in 2010 (Paris) and has an MA in Medieval History (Paris 7 - Denis Diderot). She is co editor-in-chief of the Journal of Paper Conservation (IADA) and just submitted her PhD on the bindings found on John Baskerville’s editions.
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