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A.S.W. Rosenbach would work in the shop in his free time while in college. This business venture also struggled. But in 1903, with Polock's declining health, Philip convinced his uncle, his mother and his brother to use Polock's inventory to start up an antiques and book business. [ 7 ]
The A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures are an endowed lectureship in bibliography established in 1928 by rare-book and manuscript dealer A. S. W. Rosenbach at the University of Pennsylvania. [ 1 ] The Rosenbach Lectures are the longest continuing series of bibliographical lectureships in the United States.
The Rosenbach is a Philadelphia museum and library located within two 19th-century townhouses. Established as a testamentary gift in 1954. Established as a testamentary gift in 1954. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The historic houses contain the donated collections of Dr. Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach and his brother Philip H. Rosenbach.
Suarez gave the A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography at the University of Pennsylvania in 2021 on "Printing Abolition: How the Fight to Ban the British Slave Trade Was Won, 1783–1807" and highlighted the role of Martha Gurney in creating public opinion against slavery in Sugar plantations in the Caribbean. [10]
He gave the A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography in 1963. He was President of the Bibliographical Society of America from 1966-1967. He was the Lyell Lecturer in Bibliography in 1985-1986 and the augmented lectures were published as The Book Culture of a Colonial American City: Philadelphia Books, Bookmen, and Booksellers. [6] [7]
A. S. W. Rosenbach (nephew) Moses Polock (May 14, 1817 – August 16, 1903) was a Jewish-American publisher and the first bookseller in the United States who dealt exclusively in rare books. At the time of his death, he was the oldest bibliophile in the country.
Sep. 25—Elise Hauck and Lane Rosenbach combined for 17 kills, leading Missoula Sentinel over Flathead in three sets in Western AA volleyball Tuesday at the Flathead gym. Zellah Bose had five ...
Edward Harkness purchased the codex from the rare book dealer, A.S.W. Rosenbach, and presented it to the Library of Congress in 1928–29. [6] Of particular interest on the Huexotzinco Codex is the image of the Virgin Mary, one of the earliest indigenous depictions.