ILAB News 6

From 20th to 26th September more than 200 ILAB affiliates from all over Europe, the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan and China meet in Bologna (Italy) for their 39th Congress; more than 125 expert dealers show the best of the trade at the 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair held at the beautiful Palazzo di Re Enzo (Bologna), among them Alberto Govi, L'Arengario and Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco (Italy), Librairie Chamonal, Librairie Monsieur Le Prince and Librairie Thomas-Scheler (France), Peter Harrington, Bernard Shapero and Sims Reed (Great Britain), Librería Anticuaria Comellas (Spain), Buddenbrooks and Martayan Lan (USA), Antiquariaat Junk and A. Gerits & Son (Netherlands), August Laube (Switzerland), Norbert Donhofer (Austria), and F. Neidhardt (Germany). Exhibitors' list and floor plan ...

"la dotta" and "la grassa"

Bologna is called la dotta ("the learned one") with reference to its famous university, and la grassa ("the fat one") for its splendid culinary tradition. The Italian Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (ALAI) and its President Umberto Pregliasco are proud to unite the most important rare book dealers, collectors and experts to a week full of cultural highlights. For one week Bologna - home of the world's oldest university - becomes the world's capital of the book with its magnificent historic sites and bibliophile treasures, with visits to all the important libraries and collections of the Emilia Romagna region (Bologna, Ravenna, Cesena, Modena, Parma, Ferrara), with concerts and lectures, and an International Antiquarian Book Fair integrated in the Artelibro Festival - Italy's famous Art Book Festival which takes place for the 7th time and at the same time as the ILAB Congress and Fair. More information on ILAB.org and on the ALAI website ...

ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography

At the Gala Dinner on Saturday evening the 15th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography will be officially awarded to Lotte Hellinga and Jan Storm van Leeuwen for their outstanding works on bibliophily. It is one of the most prestigious prizes worldwide. More about the prize, its history and the winners on www.ilabprize.org ...

A Heaven for Bibliophiles

The exquisite offers of the ILAB dealers represent the widest range of collectors' interests at the International Antiquarian Book Fair: Rare incunabula like Dante's „La Commedia" (Venice 1491) or Colonna's "Hypnerotomachia" (Venice 1499) can be found in the showcases next to a spectacular autograph collection that depicts the history of the Italian Famiglia Farnese in letters, manuscripts and historical documents dated 1539 to 1729. Precious bindings attract the collectors as well as beautifully illustrated books like Gallesio's "Pomona Italiana" (Pisa 1817) or Fossati's "Raccolta di varie Favole" (Venice 1744), modern art and illustrated books or a magnificent Buddhist painted manuscript from Burma. Book Fair Catalogue ...

23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair

The 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair takes place from September 24th to 26th at the Palazzo di Re Enzo, Bologna. The Fair is open on Friday from 10.30 am to 7 pm, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 7 pm.

Book Fair and Exhibitors' Catalogues

An interactive Book Fair Catalogue with a floor plan and an exhibitors' list can be browsed online. Besides, many ILAB booksellers publish special catalogues on the occasion of the Bologna Fair. Click and browse the catalogues of Susanne Schulz-Falster (London), Norbert Donhofer (Vienna), L'Arengario Studio Bibliografico (Gussago), Meindl & Sulzmann (Vienna), Johannes Müller (Salzburg). You will find more of them on the ILAB website during the upcoming week.

A Bibliophile of Huge E(h)co

Special highlight, Umberto Eco: The ILAB Congress and the opening of the International Antiquarian Book Fair will be celebrated with a Lectio magistralis "The Vertigo of the List" by Umberto Eco on Friday evening at the Aula Magna di Santa Lucia (Bologna). "A Bibliophile of Huge E(h)co" ...

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