Exhibit of Rare Bound Books Collection Runs Sept. 25-Dec. 18
An exhibit in Hege Library features a series of fine book bindings donated by college trustee Dan Mosca and his wife Beth last year. The Mosca Collection is on display from Sept. 25-Dec. 18 in the library lobby, with a reception planned for Sunday, Nov. 22, from 2-4 p.m.
The collection of 19 rare books, which are part of the library's permanent collection, includes art bindings by noted book binders Monique Lallier and Don Etherington, who both live in Summerfield, N.C.
Lallier is an internationally recognized book binder and book artist. She attended Montreal’s Cotnoir Cappone School of Fashion & L'Art de la Reliure book binding school, followed by study in Paris and Switzerland. Her work may be found in collections at McGill University, Louisiana State University, UNC Chapel Hill and in many private collections. She lives in Summerfield, N.C.
Etherington began bookbinding at age 13 as a student at London’s Central School of Arts and Crafts, and later studied at the London School of Printing. He was a conservator for the BBC, a training consultant at Florence’s Biblioteca Nazionale and assistant restoration officer for the Library of Congress. With Matt Roberts, Etherington co-authored Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology (1982), the first comprehensive compilation of bookmaking and conservation terminology.
Hege Library is free and open to the public Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m.-2 a.m., Friday from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m, Saturday from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and Sunday from Noon-2 a.m.
Sept. 29, 2009