October 7 – November 14, 1988
McPherson Library Gallery
The West German Stiftung Buchkunst, a group of representatives from book publishing houses, is conducting a competition among publishers each year to find those books which can be considered to represent the best of their kind.
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October 24 – November 14, 1988
University Centre
William Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism is taking place on the mezzanine of the University Centre, above the University Centre Gallery. While the actual collection of rare manuscripts and paintings will not be on display, it will be adequately represented by twenty-four large, full-colour poster panels. Early editions of relevant literary works from the period shall complement the posters.
The exhibition used Wordsworth as a focal point from which to expand upon the general themes of the English Romantic period, themes such as: Childhood; Revolution; the Discovery of Nature; Unity Entire; and Memory, Imagination and the Sublime. Clearly written commentaries accompany reproductions of paintings, watercolours, portraits, manuscripts and rare books of the artists and poets of the age. Among those included are John Constable, J.M.M. Turner, William Blake, Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelly, and John Keats.
January 4 – January 25, 1988
Unknown location
This exhibition aimed to bring together for interpretation a diversity of Canadian and American artists’ books that contribute to the understanding of the roles of photography and artists’ books in the 1980s.
It features almost 50 works from artists from all over Canada, including Donna Leisen, Michael Lawlor, Don Corman, Brad Brace, Liz Magor, Codge/Beveridge, Jamelie Hassan, Paul Berger, John Weber, Robert Heinecken, Sue kae Grant, Paul Rutkowsky, Barbara Rosenthal, Keith Smith and Jane Northey. Presentation House Gallery in Vancouver organized the exhibition.
July 26 – September 13, 1987
Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery
Pieces featured include leaves out of monastic chant books, complete books of hours, French illumination letters and 14th Century miniatures.
September 15 – October 13, 1986
McPherson Library Gallery
Form, function, finish: Bookwork in the modern craft of hand bookbinding. It features instructional guides The Design Bookbinder, Limited Edition Hand Bookbinding, The Conservation Book Worker, and The Artist Working in Book Format. The show informed viewers that the individual craftsperson must look beyond the implications of his own specialty to realize the full scope and promise of the hand binding craft.
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September 15 – October 10, 1982
McPherson Library Gallery
A collection of unique and first edition books and other materials by William Morris. It draws from the John J. Walsdorf, Jr. Collection and Mr. Walsdorf gave a public lecture on “Collecting William Morris” on September 15, 1982. It was jointly organized with UVic Special Collections.
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