Happy May Day! I took myself on a little vacation from writing today, after writing a poem each day for all of April.
It was warm and mostly sunny and I had reserved a spot in a rare books something at the Clark. They’d sent a reminder email and I was thankful and I’m so glad I went. Besides hearing about the library and its collection and how to access it, we heard about an interesting array of “childrens” books – and passed them around the table to look at! There was much surprise expressed about this. I think we all expected either to be just shown the books or to wear gloves. One of the books was from the late 1600’s – considered to be the first known instance of the idea of Mother Goose – from France! It had been rebound by Mr. Sterling and was beautiful, as were many of the selection – beautiful marbled endpapers, beautiful illustrations and typography. A man who sat near me taught me how to look for the bookbinder’s signature. A good and welcome new skill.
I went with a bit of time ahead of it to do a little painting, of course and it was a pleasure to sit outside in the warm sun.
Sounds like a wonderful way to spend the day. The art work lovely and cuddling of books great. Kate Greenaway books so special.