<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">On Thursday, September 8, The Aldus Society presents <b><i>The
Astonishing World of Decorated Papers</i></b> with speaker Sidney Berger. The
meeting is held at The Thurber Center, 91 Jefferson Ave., Columbus.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sidney Berger and his wife, Michele Cloonan, have been
collecting decorated paper for 45 years. Their collection of more than 18,000
pieces may be the largest in the United States. He will talk about paper
decoration in its many manifestations, discussing the techniques and showing
what these techniques produce. Sidney is the Director Emeritus of the Phillips
Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, a library he headed for eight years. His
Ph.D. from the University of Iowa is in Medieval English Literature and Bibliography
and Book History. He has taught for the last half century at various colleges
and universities, including UC Davis, UC Riverside, UCLA, the University of
Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, and Simmons College.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Aldus Society is an organization for people who
appreciate the many facets of text and image through various media, but
principally the book, past, present and future. Aldus provides a wide
variety of programs and activities on book collecting, the history of printing,
publishing, and book selling, book illustration, book design, book bindings,
paper making, typography, calligraphy, and libraries</p><p class="MsoNormal">.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pre-program socializing begins at 7 PM and allows members
and guests time to discuss their latest bibliophilic adventures. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The evening’s program
is free and open to the public.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For more information, go to our website,<a href="http://www.aldussociety.com"> www.aldussociety.com</a> or call Membership
Chairman Leah Kalasky at 614-390-6080.</p></div>