We are proud to announce that the ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography 2010 has been awarded to not just one, but two of our titles!
The ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography draws attention to the best academic work being done in the field. The international Prize is awarded every fourth year to the author(s) of the most original and outstanding published work in the broad field of bibliography.
Three professional scholars or librarians and three antiquarian booksellers form the panel of judges. They share a worldwide reputation for their experience and scholarship. The members of the jury, Mitsuo Nitta, Japan; Arnoud Gerits, Amsterdam; Poul Jan Poulsen, Denmark; Felix de Marez Oyens, President of the Breslauer Foundation; David Adams, Manchester University and Jean-Marc Chatelain, Bibliothèque Nationale de France met October 2009 in Vienna to choose the winner of the 15th ILAB Breslauer Prize. They saw, studied and discussed 52 books from Europe, the United States, Japan, China and Russia.
The ILAB committee has decided to award two books this year instead of one:
- Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century by Jan Storm van Leeuwen
- Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Library. Part XI, England by Lotte Hellinga.
Both winners will receive the $ 10,000 prize money which is involved with this award.
The Prize will officially be awarded during the 39th ILAB Congress in Bologna, with lectures and an exhibition of all the books submitted.
