The Catholic University of America

Ms. Marilyn Barth

Independent Researcher
Society of the Cincinnati Library

Contact Information

E- mail:

marilyn9barth@yahoo.com

Phone:

202-686- 6518


Education

M.S.L.S. The Catholic University of America, 1997

B.A. Mathematics, Harpur College (Binghamton University), 1964


Courses Taught at CUA

841 Rare Book Librarianship


Areas of Interest

Book arts

Rare book librarianship

Publishing history


Publications

"Imitatio Christi. Liber de imitatione Christi com tractatu de Cordis meditatione. [Cologne, 1503].", With Barbara Henry, in The Reader Revealed, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., 2001.

"Exploring the Book Arts through One Fine Copy of The Castle of Otranto.", The Eighteenth Century Novel 1 (2001): (287-310).

"The Inlaws and the Incunables.", ViewPoints, V. II, No. 5 (May 2001). Accessible at ViewPoints Archive in IdeaCenter at http://www.demco.com.

Review of The Art of Publishers' Bookbindings, 1815-1915 by Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin, Guild of Book Workers Newsletter No. 134 (Feb. 2001): 15-16.

Worlds in a Single Book: One Fine Copy of The Castle of Otranto, OP Magazine, July/August 2003: (14-17).


Professional Affiliations

American Library Association

Washington Rare Book Group

American Printing History Association

Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing

Beta Phi Mu

The Ephemera Society of America