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Roxburghe Club Keepsakes collection
Printers Mss 105
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Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Title: Roxburghe Club Keepsakes collection
Identifier/Call Number: Printers Mss 105
Physical Description:
4 linear feet
(4 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1905 - 1969
Date (bulk): 1929-1956
Abstract: A collection of keepsakes and ephemera from The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, the majority of which were limited edition
prints as commemorative items. The collection includes published and unpublished prints, drafts and samples, club invitations,
and announcements.
Language of Material: English, French, German, Russian, and Tibetan
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UCSB Library
The collection is open for research.
Purchase, 2018.
Roxburghe Club Collection. Printers Mss 105. Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Established in 1812 by bibliophiles of the United Kingdom, the Roxburghe Club has dedicated itself to the reproduction and
collection of unpublished or rare works, as well as the general appreciation for printing. The Roxburghe Club was populated
by nobility and scholars at the dawn of the Romantic period, during which "bibliomania" and literary collections became widely
popular.
In honor of this society, The Roxburghe Club was formed in San Francisco on April 3, 1928. Much of the impetus for creating
the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco was provided by Carl I. Wheat, historian, lawyer, and book collector. The purpose of the
club was to further the love of fine printing and books. Members include book collectors and booksellers, fine book printers
and binders. Over the years, hundreds of announcements, keepsakes, and other letterpress items have been printed by members,
as typographic souvenirs and gifts for the enjoyment of the membership.
This collection is primarily consists of keepsakes and epherma privately printed by the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco for
its members between 1929 and 1969. Objects include invitions to meetings, lectures and exhibitions, reproductions of rare
or famous literature and prints, exhibition checklists, and samples of different printing papers and font types. Some items
were not printed by the Roxburghe Club, but were products of another bibliograpjical society in San Francisco, the Zamarano
Club, as well as E. Vitus Clampus, a fraternal society dedicated to the preservation of Western history.
This collection mainly relates to events, exhibitions, and membership of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, as well as a
source of valuable historical context for printing and bibliographical societies. Among these keepsakes are also reproductions
of rare printed items.
The collection is arranged into three series:
Invitiations,
Reproductions and excerpts, and
Members' keepsake books.