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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- "Bound to Please: an Exhibition of Fine Leather Bindings from the University of Miami Library," will be on view from July 14-September 19, 1997, at The Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, Broward County Library, 6th Floor, 100 S. Andrews Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 33301. The exhibit showcases a selection of 70 volumes from the extensive rare book holdings of the University of Miami Library's Archives and Special Collections Department. Shown are a diverse and exquisite group of leather bindings dating from the fifteen through the early twentieth centuries, including volumes from the United States, Cuba, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and The Netherlands. Highlighted are the technical processes required to produce unusually detailed bindings. Representations of different binding and finishing techniques and styles such as tree calf, inlaying and onlaying, and diapering, are shown. Among the important binders and binderies featured are: the Doves Bindery, Riviere and Son, Zaehnsdorf, Bayntun, The Kelmscott Press, and the Roycroft Bindery. Texts by Cotton Mather, William Morris, and William Makepeace Thackeray, and works such as the Bible, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and Lady Chatterley's Lover are displayed in beautiful bindings that often help to enhance the literary value of the writings. Accompanying the exhibition is a display of 13 additional titles: "Bound to Please: a Supplemental Exhibition of Fine Leather Bindings from the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts Collections." A 24 page catalog (with addendum) is available upon request. The exhibition will also be available (as of August 1, 1997) on the Bienes Center's website at: www.co.broward.fl.us/bienes. ----------------------------------------------- James A. Findlay Librarian The Bienes Center for the Literary Arts The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library _______ Broward County Library /______/( 100 S. Andrews Ave. (_______( Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 (________( 954-357-8692 (phone) 954-357-7291 (Fax) [log in to unmask] (e-mail) http://www.co.broward.fl.us/bienes