January 4, 2018, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1In the Galleries: Interactive design in early printed books In early July 2017, a little over a month after I started as the new early books and manuscripts curator at the Ransom Center, a colleague informed me that
December 19, 2017, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Featured1Ancient inspiration for a modern accessory The plumed serpent in Mexico Modern
December 19, 2017, Filed Under: Art, Featured1George Macy’s illustrated editions of Charles Dickens’s Christmas classic Between July 1937 and March 1938, Nonesuch Press—under the direction of George Macy—set out to publish what it billed as the most extensive collection yet made of Charles Dickens’s writings. It had already been an energetic few years. Macy founded the subscription-based Limited Editions Club in 1929, and the Heritage… read more
