[GBW] PRINTING IN THE SHADOW OF ALDUS, San Francisco Public Library, December 8, 2007

["Peter D. Verheyen" <verheyen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Friends this an early announcement of the Publication Party 
(VERNISSAGE) for WATERMARK  Our Grand adventure in Venice Italy last 
Fall.  LOTS OF PICTURES

I certainly hope that you will consider spending a few hours with us 
and hoist a glass of Prosecco in honor of Joseph Brodsky, Venice and 
the Fellowship of the Book!!!

If you have any lists and e-listings and friends you think might 
enjoy this please forward this to them

thanks

Peter Koch

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PRINTING IN THE SHADOW OF ALDUS: THE MAKING OF A FINE PRESS BOOK IN 
21ST CENTURY VENICE

at: The San Francisco Public Library Civic Center : Koret Auditorium

Saturday, December 8, 2007 from 3 to 5 p.m. A reception will follow 
in the Skylight Gallery

A symposium in celebration of Joseph Brodsky's WATERMARK a memoir of 
Venice, with photographs by Robert Morgan

Peter Rutledge Koch, artist, printer, & writer, is an internationally 
acclaimed Bay Area publisher of fine editions and artist books. Mr. 
Koch will show slides and talk about the grand adventure of printing 
WATERMARK in Venice in collaboration with an international cast of 
distinguished printers, artists, and artisans.

Sandro Berra, Executive Coordinator of the Tipoteca Italiana 
Fondazione and graphic designer will talk about the Tipoteca Italiana 
type & printing museum, in Cornuda, Italy and their collaboration in 
the printing of WATERMARK. Mr. Berra will address what's behind this 
collaboration: the idea and practice of keeping alive contemporary "humanism."

Jonathan Aaron teaches writing & literature at Emerson College in 
Boston. He's currently the Margaret Bundy Scott Visiting Professor of 
English at Williams College. He is the author of three books of 
poetry, the latest being Journey To The Lost City, published by 
Ausable Press in 2006. Mr. Aaron will talk about Joseph Brodsky, 
Venice, and the writing of WATERMARK.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Co-sponsored by the Book Arts & Special Collections Center of the San 
Francisco Public Library, The Friends of the San Francisco Public 
Library, The Book Club of California, & The Codex Foundation.

Peter Rutledge Koch
2203 Fourth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

Telephone 510 849-0673

Peter Koch Printers Website
http://www.peterkochprinters.com

CODEX Foundation Website
http://www.codexfoundation.org


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