The Iowa Bibliophiles is a gathering of book collectors and those interested in the history of books, held monthly during the academic year at the University of Iowa Libraries. The November meeting marks the 15th anniversary of the group. In celebration, the evening’s talk will be given by Arthur Bonfield, who gave the inaugural Bibliophiles talk in November, 2002.
We will gather for hors d'oeuvres and refreshments at 6:30pm in the Special Collections Reading Room on the third floor of the University of Iowa’s Main Library. At 7:00pm Arthur Bonfield will talk about mathematical and descriptive (anthropocentric) geography as depicted in representative European books printed between 1493 and 1750. These books were frequently titled a "cosmography","geography", "chronicle", or "history", and sought to describe various parts of the world as the authors understood it. A number of the geography books from this period will be available for viewing at the time of the talk.
(Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served before the program at 6:30PM)