July 15, 2003 issue. This file presents an archive copy of the issue of the FYI France ejournal, ISSN 1071-5916, which was distributed via email on July 15, 2003.
Versions of the following have appeared online regularly, since 1992, as a feature of the FYI France ejournal, ISSN 1071-5916, which is distributed for free via email every month except August. Ejournal subscriptions may be obtained via email request to: kessler@well.sf.ca.us
Here this file is one of a number made available -- hopefully
attractively, all in one place, and relevant to libraries and online
digital information work in France and Europe -- as part of FYI France
(sm)(tm), an online service to which anyone can subscribe for 12
months by postal mailing a check for US $45, payable to Jack Kessler, to
PO Box 460668, San Francisco, California, USA 94146 (site licenses also
are available): please write your email address on the front of your
check. Please email suggestions for improvements to me at kessler@well.sf.ca.us
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A very happy day-after-Bastille-Day to all, and a reminder that the Institut d'Histoire du Livre still is very much in business, in Lyon -- its excellent facilities available online to anyone in reach of Internet access who is looking for book-related places and activities in France --
For example:
http://ihl.enssib.fr/icl/icl-interro/icl_interro.php
-- where you can enter the name of any city in France and many other cities in Europe, which you may be visiting, to obtain particulars of book and book history-related places to visit and tour. "Le Puy", for example, obtains, with a nice photo of the paper mill tour,
"Just south of Angoulême, the Moulin du Verger has been in operation since 1539. Rebuilt in 1635, it is listed in the Inventaire des Monuments Historiques and pursues its work in handcrafted papers, work which for 20 years has been oriented primarily toward the production of ancient paper varieties. It offers visits and demonstrations in the history of paper-making, and in the arts of book-binding and restoration. This is neither a museum nor a conservatory but a working enterprise." [tr. JK]
Date de création : 1635
Superficie : 500 m2
moulin à papier
Sujet(s) : papier
Ouverture : toute la semaine
lundi-vendredi 9.00-12.00 / 14.00-18.00,
samedi-dimanche 15.00-18.00
Accueil : Visites guidées; Stages, ateliers
Accès : Parking à proximité
-- and "Bordeaux" retrieves similar entries for,
"A museum dedicated to the book industry, presenting the methods and techniques of workers in the book-making craft from the 19th century to modern times, as well as lithography and book-binding." [tr. JK]
Date de création : 1980
Superficie : 1 100 m2
(etc.)
-- and,
Date de création : 1991
"This municipal museum, which is devoted to the industrial multiplication of the image in the 19th century, also evokes the history of taste and attitudes and the international development of the market for art. Over 100,000 objects, including copper prints, lithography stones, glass plate negatives, presses, prints, photographs, illustrated works and reviews, as well as the archives of the Maison Goupil firm, are in the collection. In addition to the documentary riches regarding official art and the techniques of reproduction of the 19th century, an original feature of the collection is the offering of a vision of the complete chain of production: from matrices (presses and engravings, glass plates) up to the final work (print or photography), passing through all the intermediate steps (working models, proofs...). [tr. JK]
(etc.)
-- and in Barcelona,
-- or Rome,
-- or Manchester,
-- Bruxelles,
-- Amsterdam,
-- Leipzig,
-- and many more...
So, if you will be in Europe, this Summer or Fall -- or if you will be wishing you'll be -- any trip, real or "virtual", can be enhanced by a visit to IHL's Itinéraire Culturel du Livre. If books and printing and the history thereof are your personal fascination, just plug in the city name and presto / voilà.
Bonnes vacances.
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FYI France (sm)(tm) e-journal ISSN 1071 - 5916
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