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Leaves from The Kingdom of the Book:

Thoughts on the History of Printing in Morocco (1865-1935) and Penn's Fez Lithographs Collection
Title page detail from Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi, Kitab Shamail al-Mustafa (Fez, Morocco, 1865), Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Title page detail from Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi, Kitab Shamail al-Mustafa (Fez, Morocco, 1865), Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Tuesday, December 3, 2013 5:30PM

The Penn Libraries has acquired an extraordinary collection of lithographic books printed in Fez, Morocco, during the latter half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. Dr. Fawzi Abdulrazak, the leading scholar of the history of printing in Morocco and the builder of the collection, will present this remarkable material and explain its history and significance.

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