Princeton University
Autor de Liberty & the American Revolution : selections from the collections of Sid Lapidus, class of 1959
Obras de Princeton University
Liberty & the American Revolution : selections from the collections of Sid Lapidus, class of 1959 (2009) 9 copias
The Princeton bric-a-brac 4 copias
American drawings in the Art Museum. Princeton University : 130 selected examples : [exhibition] (1976) 2 copias
Carmina Princetonia 2 copias
Job modifications under collective bargaining : a survey of company experience and four case studies 1 copia
Oscar Wilde, a writer for the nineties : catalogue of an exhibition at the Princeton University Library, 30 April - 1… (1995) 1 copia
A study of education for environmental design; a report for the American Institute of Architects 1 copia
The scientist in American industry; some organizational determinants in manpower utilization 1 copia
Bric-a-Brac, Volume 83 1 copia
The museum as muse 1 copia
The Robert O. Dougan collection of historical photographs and photographic literature at Princeton 1 copia
19th and 20th century French drawings from the Art Museum, Princeton University: an introduction 1 copia
Fifty year record 1 copia
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The body of the catalog comprises four major sections: Revolutionary Origins, The American Crisis, Contagious Liberty, and Abolition of the Slave Trade. These are further subdivided into categories, which contain several works apiece; each work is introduced with a short contextual paragraph about the author and the text, followed by an appropriate selection from the text. Most of the items are accompanied by a high-quality image of the title page, a relevant passage, or the binding.
Curator of Rare Books Stephen Ferguson provides a preface to the volume, noting that the exhibited materials should be viewed within at least three separate 'frames' (the story of expanding liberty in the Atlantic world, a narrower frame such as the specific events or topics discussed in the work, and finally the item itself as physical object).
In his foreword Sid Lapidus, the collector, discusses his background as a book collector, musing on how this collection came to take shape and offering much insight into the mind and methods of a truly dedicated, interested and serious collector. He writes about his process of purchasing, of his delight in perusing well-researched dealer and auction catalogs, and of how the creation of his collection has been "a voyage of discovery of part of me I didn't know existed" (p. xxi). This short essay alone would make this catalog worth reading for any collector, since it gets to the heart of what many of those of us who enjoy collecting enjoy about it.
Sean Wilentz, who holds the Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professorship in the American Revolutionary Era at Princeton, provides a worthy introduction to the catalog, laying the groundwork and providing much important contextual information to the materials included in the exhibit. This is a succinct and able encapsulation of the themes illustrated by the exhibited texts, and is as good a short summary of the ideas of liberty and rights during the Revolutionary era as any I've read.
This catalog is set in a very appropriate and frankly quite beautiful font, and is extremely well designed (even with a very useful and comprehensive index). It is a lovely complement to Mr. Lapidus' work, and will be a lasting testament to this small portion of his notable and extensive collections (and will stand in its own right as a useful bibliographic resource).… (más)