Come learn about bookbinding in a demonstration with Barbara Blumenthal. Included with general admission.
Learn about the process of paper making in a demonstration with Elisa Lanzi. Included with general admission.
Printmaking with Printer in Residence Martin Antonetti
October 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Visit the Wilson Printing Office where printer in residence Martin Antonetti will demonstrate the printing process. This shop tells a remarkable story. From 1816 to 1820 two brothers-in-law printed almanacs and other “improving” books and literature, providing rural New England with new ideas and information at a key stage of its transformation. It is one of the few surviving 19th-century printing offices in the United States.
Martin Antonetti interprets early 19th-century American book culture at the Wilson Printing Office. He has been a curator of rare books, administrator, and teacher at institutions such as Smith College, Northwestern University, the Grolier Club of New York, and Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. He has also served as the president of the Bibliographical Society of America and the American Printing History Association. Included with General admission.
