Stanley and Mark Slotkin printed book leaves collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: SCA-1184

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

12 individual leaves taken from disbound religious and antiquarian books. Each leaf is mounted on a sheet of paper which also includes a facsimilie of the title page from each respective volume.

Dates

1207 - 1750

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Stanley Slotkin was a businessman who owned a supply rental company, Abbey Rents. He was an avid collector of antique bibles and other rare books, amassing hundreds of thousands of books which he also regularly donated to various museums, universities and libraries across the United States. In the 1960s, Slotkin began to donate individual leaves from books to institutions rather than whole works, as he felt intact books were too often locked away where they could not be seen.