Society of Foliophies
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Pages From the Past: Original Leaves From Rare Books and Manuscripts
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0053
Abstract
This collection contains 150 objects from a portfolio set of “Pages From the Past”, collected and distributed by the now-defunct Society of Foliophiles in New York. They are individual leaves from original printed books and manuscripts in several languages, providing a compact yet extensive history of Western bookmaking from ancient Sumeria to the twentieth-century United States.
Dates:
circa 2300 BCE – 1937 CE, bulk 1400 – 1850 ; Majority of material found within 1400 - 1850
