Reception for Mosca Collection of Rare Books to be Held Nov. 22
The artists whose rare book bindings are part of a current exhibit on Guilford College’s Hege Library will be part of a reception on Sunday, Nov. 22, from 2-4 p.m. in the library’s gallery.
The Mosca Collection of 19 rare book bindings by Monique Lallier and Don Etherington are part of the library’s permanent collection, donated last year by college trustee Dan Mosca and his wife Beth. The exhibit will be on display through Dec. 18.
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.
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. For more information, call 316-2438.
Nov. 13, 2009