Book Arts Collection
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The Book Arts Collection features selections from Special Collections relevant to historical and contemporary book arts and print culture, including binding, calligraphy, design, printing, papermaking, publishing, illustration, and typography.
The purpose of this collection is to highlight how books have been created and used over time, with particular emphasis on the book as a physical object. The examples found here provide an introduction to contemporary and historical book arts, ranging from artists’ books to fine printing and binding.
For examples of medieval and early modern book arts, please see the Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection.
Image from A Women's Type by Lauren Elle DeGaine
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Collection Details
- Items 11
- Last Updated 2024-07-31
Works (11)
- Alternative Title:
- Statii opera. Aldus 1502. and Works
- Subject:
- Italic type, Printers' marks, Early printed books, Silvae (Statius, P. Papinius), Rare books, Achilleis (Statius, P. Papinius), Colophons, Works (Statius, P. Papinius), Bookbinding, Epic literature, and Thebais (Statius, P. Papinius)
- Creator:
- Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)
- Contributor:
- Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515
- Publisher:
- Venetiis : in aedibus Aldi
- Language:
- gre and lat
- Date Created:
- August 1502
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- Text
- Identifier:
- Call Number: PA6697 A2 1502
- Extent:
- 592 unnumbered pages ; 4 x 6 cm
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Italic type. Printer's device, sig. ep8s (last group of small letters), recto: anchor and dolphin, with name Aldus, and dots. Spaces with guide letters left blank for initials.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Early Printed Books and Book Arts Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- poetry, books, and epic poetry
- Date Digitized:
- 2024-01
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/20; 263; copy 4 stops; camera 800) by LG. Metadata by KD.
- Alternative Title:
- Works. and Ex Plauti Comoediis. XX. Quarum carmina magna ex parte in mensum suum restituta sunt M.D.XXII. Index uerborum, quib. paulo abstrusiorib. Plautus utitur. Argumenta singularum Comoediarum. Authoris uita. Tralatio dictionum graecarum.
- Subject:
- Colophons, Drama, Printers' marks, Italic type, Latin drama (Comedy), Comedy plays, Latin drama, and Bookbinding
- Creator:
- Plautus, Titus Maccius
- Contributor:
- Aedes Aldi et Andreae Asulani Soceri and Asulanus, Franciscus, -1546
- Publisher:
- Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri
- Language:
- lat
- Date Created:
- July 1522
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- Text
- Identifier:
- Call Number: PA6568 A2 1522
- Extent:
- 14 unnumbered pages, 284 leaves ; 15 x 21 cm
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Errors in foliation: leaves 39 misnumbered as 32, 104 as 108.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Book Arts Collection and Early Printed Books
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- books and comedy plays
- Date Digitized:
- 2024-01
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/20; 263; copy 4 stops; camera 800) by LG. Metadata by KD.
- Alternative Title:
- Œuvres du marquis de Villette and Works. 1786
- Subject:
- Correspondence, Papermaking, Voltaire, 1694-1778, and Paper
- Creator:
- Villette, Charles-Michel, marquis de, 1736-1793
- Contributor:
- Léorier Delisle, Pierre Alexandre, 1744-1826, Couret de Villeneuve, Louis-Pierre, 1749-1806, and Voltaire, 1694-1778
- Publisher:
- A Londres [that is, Langlée, Montargis, France] : [P.A. Léorier Delisle], MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
- Location:
- Language:
- fre
- Date Created:
- 1786
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- Text
- Identifier:
- Call Number: PQ2067 V43 1786
- Extent:
- 8 unnumbered pages, 156 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : samples ; 13 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- France
- Coordinates:
- 46, 2
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Bound in green and black mottled paper ; housed in a green two-fold folder of green cloth with gilt titling on spine ; in a slipcase of marbled paper covered boards., Vignette on title page: Papillon sculp. 1 print : woodcut ; 3 x 3 cm. -- Tailpieces., and Enclosures: Bookseller's descriptions.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Book Arts Collection
- Provenance:
- Gift of the Estate of Dr. Alexander Sokalski, 2018.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- specimens, poems, correspondence, books, and sample books
- Date Digitized:
- 2018-03-06/2018-03-08
- Technical Note:
- Item received from SCUA 6Mar2018 - scanned 6-8 Mar2018. Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF -- camera height 500 1/20; 288 ISO; AdobeRGB1998.icc/bent5 tone profile. Enclosures scanned on Plustek Opticbook A300 at 600 dpi TIFFs. Digitization by PDW. Metadata by KD.
- Alternative Title:
- Livre de Prières Tissé and Translated title: Book of Prayers woven after illuminations in manuscripts of the fourteenth and sixteenth century
- Subject:
- Leather bindings (Bookbinding), Bookbinding, Manuscripts, Medieval, Prayers and devotions, Prayer books, History, and Silk weaving
- Creator:
- Hervier, R. P. J., active 1886-1887, Henry, J. A., active 1878-1887, and Roux, A. (Printer), active 1885
- Contributor:
- Publisher:
- Lyon : A. Roux, mdccclxxxvi [1886]
- Location:
- Language:
- fre and lat
- Date Created:
- 1886 to 1887
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (fee for reproductions). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- Text
- Identifier:
- Shelf Mark: MS.Fr.2 and Call Number: BV246 L58 1886
- Extent:
- 58 pages ; 17 x 14 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- France--Lyon and France
- Coordinates:
- 45.74846, 4.84671 and 46, 2
- Chronological Coverage:
- 13xx/15xx
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Illustrated book on silk; [4] 6 + 44 + [4] = 58 pp, small in 4o, 43 numbered pages, plus 6 printed preliminary pages, plus 4 pages front and back of mounted silk, unprinted, text block 168 x 138 mm., one half-page, three full-page illustrations, in addition to various styles of decorative borders and initials throughout on every page, woven entirely in silver-gray and black silk. and Fine binding of dark brown levant morocco by Kaufmann Petit, art nouveau Parisian binders, brown silk doublures, in pristine condition, with a marbled slipcase and chemise, brown morocco spine, elaborately gilt.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Book Arts Collection
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Les Enluminures, Ltd. on the MSSF Fund, 2018.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- books, specimens, and prayer books
- Is Referenced By:
- From Les Enluminures website: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/MsFr2_full.pdf and Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-08-06/2019-08-07
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi TIFF. Scanned on Betterlight TTI (camera height 600; 1/15; 283; Bent5) by PD. Cover and slipcover scanned atop buff coloured paper for contrast. Slipcover images at end of sequence. Ribbon bookmark placed at end of book throughout scanning. Metadata by KD.
- Alternative Title:
- L'Ordene de chevalerie, The Ordination of Knighthood, and Llibre de l'orde de cavalleria
- Subject:
- Knights and knighthood and Chivalry
- Creator:
- Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316
- Contributor:
- Morris, William, 1834-1896, Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, and Kelmscott Press
- Publisher:
- Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press
- Location:
- Language:
- eng and fre
- Date Created:
- 1893
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- Text
- Identifier:
- Call Number: PR5080 L85 1893
- Extent:
- 150 pages ; 20.5 x 14.5 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Original limp vellum binding. Printed in red and black. Full woodcut border, and numerous 10-line and smaller initials. Wood-engraved frontispiece designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Printed in Kelmscott Chaucer type. In 2 pts., each with special t.p. and colophon; pt. 2 has title and colophon: L'ordene de chevalerie, with translation by William Morris. Printer's device below colophon of each work. Narrow yapp edges, silk ties threaded through cover, spine lettered in gilt.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Book Arts Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- wood engravings (prints), early works, engravings (prints), poetry, printer's marks, books, borders (ornament areas), and colophons (parts of books)
- Date Digitized:
- 2024-02
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Betterlight TTI 600 dpi TIFF (1/20; 246; copy4 tone; camera height 1000) by LG. Metadata by KD.
- Subject:
- Booksellers and bookselling, Bookstores, Bookbinders, Bookbinding industry, Bookbinding, and Book industries and trade
- Creator:
- Contributor:
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1900s
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 9 pages ; 21 x 28 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- Ontario--Toronto, Alberta--Calgary, Alberta--Edmonton, Saskatchewan, Québec--Montréal, Québec, British Columbia--Vancouver, and British Columbia--Victoria
- Coordinates:
- 49.24966, -123.11934, 45.50008, -73.68248, 53.53713, -113.49488, 51.03503, -114.05201, 54.0001, -106.00099, 52.00017, -71.99907, 48.4359, -123.35155, and 43.69655, -79.42909
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Some notes about the tickets written in pencil.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Book Arts Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- booksellers' tickets and binders' tickets
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 2021-029; File: 1.2
- Fonds Title:
- Gayle Garlock collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC605
- Is Referenced By:
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/gayle-garlock-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2024-02
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on PLUSTEK OpticBook A300 Plus (600 dpi). Metadata by KD.
- Subject:
- Irish poetry
- Creator:
- Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
- Contributor:
- Dun Emer Press and Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940
- Publisher:
- Dundrum Ireland : The Dun Emer Press
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1903
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- Text
- Identifier:
- Call Number: PR5904 I6 1903
- Extent:
- 63 pages ; 14.5 x 20.5 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- Ireland
- Coordinates:
- 53, -8
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Some text printed in red. Includes signatures. Bound in vellum with green cloth ties; title and author tooled in gold on cover; gilt edges.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Book Arts Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- poems, poetry, printer's marks, books, colophons (parts of books), signatures (names), and plays (literary genre)
- Date Digitized:
- 2024-02
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on PLUSTEK OpticBook A300 Plus (600 dpi; color) by LG. Metadata by KD.
8. Essays
- Subject:
- Transcendentalism, Transcendentalism in art, Transcendental logic, Philosophy, Self-reliance, and Friendship
- Creator:
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
- Contributor:
- Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881, Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922, Doves Press, and Walker, Emery, 1851-1933
- Publisher:
- Hammersmith London, England : Doves Press, No. 1 The Terrace
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1906
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- Text
- Identifier:
- lanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 5476, Special Collections Call Number: PS1608 A2 1906, and Tidcombe, M. Doves Press, DP8
- Extent:
- 311 pages ; 24 x 17 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Flexible vellum binding, with some warping. Stamp "The Doves Press" on bottom inside back cover. Small bookplate "Marion C. Walker, her book." Initials printed in red throughout along with names of characters (pages 212-214). Enclosure: order form for another book loose inside front cover.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Book Arts Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- essays and books
- Date Digitized:
- 2023-12
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on PLUSTEKOptickbook A300 at 600 dpi, no color correction by PD. Most images straightened after scanning, when cropped and resized for Vault. In various places throughout, the ribbon used for binding is visible in the inner margins. Metadata by KD.
- Subject:
- Book designers and Book design
- Creator:
- Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949
- Contributor:
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- November 7, 1907?
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 1 page ; 26 x 21 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- Ireland--Dublin
- Coordinates:
- 53.38046, -6.27113
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in black ink. Letterhead in green text: "Embroidery .. Lily Yeats. Hand Press .. Elizabeth C. Yeats. Dun Emer Industries Ltd. Dundrum, Co. Dublin, Ireland."
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Book Arts Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- manuscripts (documents), correspondence, and letters (correspondence)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1997-015
- Fonds Title:
- Lily Yeats collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC326
- Is Referenced By:
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/lily-yeats-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2023-12-01
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on PLUSTEK OpticBook A300 Plus (600DPI; 1 letter) by PD. Metadata by KD.
- Alternative Title:
- Working life of Elizabeth Friedlander
- Subject:
- Penguin (Firm), Printing, Women type designers, Decorative paper, Friedlander, Elizabeth, 1903-1984, Type and type-founding, Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts), Curwen Press, Graphic design (Typography), Type designers, and Women typographers
- Creator:
- Paucker, Pauline
- Contributor:
- Incline Press, Moss, Graham, 1947-, Lonsdale, Elaine, Conway, Stephen (Stephen P.), and Curwen Press
- Publisher:
- Incline Press
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1998
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
- License:
- Copyright Pauline Paucker, 1998. This item is made available on this site for research and private study. For all other uses please contact University of Victoria Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- Text
- Identifier:
- Call Number: Z250 A2P38 1998
- Extent:
- 92 pages ; 33 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- England and Great Britain
- Coordinates:
- 52.16045, -0.70312 and 54, -2
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Includes illustrations, facsimiles, and portraits. Erratum pasted in by publisher on page 2. "Gorton, Shorrock & Davies of Ancoats printed [selected] colour plates. ... The patterned paper samples on pages 40 and 85 to 90 are originals printed at Curwen Press. The wood-engravings on pages 80 to 82 are printed from the original wood at Incline Press."--Colophon. Binding: Hardbound in buckram with a Curwen patterned paper; contained in a slip-case. Library copy is number 83 of 325; signed by the author.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Book Arts Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- books, specimens, borders (ornament areas), , and biography (general genre)
- Date Digitized:
- 2020-10-19
- Technical Note:
- Scanned 19- Oct 2020 on TTI/Betterlight (600DPI TIFF; 1/20; 283; bent 5 tone profile). Metdata by DS