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Martin Antonetti has extensive experience working as a lecturer for universities, a librarian, and director. Martin describes himself as a “historian in the fields of contemporary artists’ books and the history of the book, including illustration, binding, design, and typography.”

Education

Italian Studies at University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. Bachelor of Arts in Ancient and Medieval History at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, along with a minor in Philosophy. Graduate studies in Greek, Latin, and Classical Archaeology at Loyola University of Chicago. Masters in Library Service with a concentration in Rare Books at Columbia University. Graduate studies in Latin Language and Literature and Classical Archaeology at University of Oregon Eugene.

Professional Positions

• Rare Book Cataloguer- Harry L. Stern, Ltd, Antiquarian Books & Maps, Chicago
• Rare Books/Special Collections Librarian & Lecturer, Department of History- University of Oregon Library
• Acting College Librarian, Founding Director for the Center of the Book, Special Collections Librarian, & Lecturer and Co-Administrator of Graduate Book Arts Program- Mills College Library, Oakland, CA
• Librarian and Director- The Grolier Club, New York City
• Interim Director for Special Collections, Director of Book Studies Concentration, Marketing/Outreach Director, Curator of Rare Books, & Lecturer, Department of Art- Smith College Library, Northampton- MA
• Director of the McCormick Library of Special Collections and University Archives- Northwestern University Libraries, Evanston, IL
• Bibliographic and Curatorial Services for Special Collections- Martin Antonetti LLC
• Printer in Residence- Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, MA
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Art Smith College Northampton, MA

Membership in Professional Societies and Organizations

• American Library Association, Rare Books & Manuscript Section
• Pacific Center for the Book Arts
• Book Club of California
• Biographical Society of America
• Roxburghe Club of San Fransico (elected)
• Grolier Club (elected)
• American Printing History Association
• Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing
• Council of Fellows, Pierpont Morgan Library (elected)
• Hand Papermaking, Inc.
• Association of Art Museum Curator
• Renaissance Society of America
• Caxton Club of Chicago (elected)
• Print Council of America (elected)
• Society of Printers (elected)
• College Book Art Association
• Modern Language Association
• Sixteenth Century Society
• Society of American Archivists

Publications

• Book review: Bruce Kennett, W.A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design (San Francisco: Letterform Archive, 2018) in Parenthesis: The Journal of the Fine Press Book Association 34 (Spring 2019)
• Book review: Ken Botnick, Diderot Project (St. Louis: Em-Dash, 2013)
• Book review: Margaret Wise Brown, The Little River (Lincolnville, ME: Two Ponds Press, 2013)
• Book review: Jean-Pierre Hébert, In Visible Cities (Isla Vista: Edition Reese, 2012)
• “Introduction: Sometimes a Poet Sang,” to Shirley Jones and the Red Hen Press: a Bibliography by Ronald D. Patkus
  “New Clues to the Early Life of Arrighi: Ludovico degli Arrighi’s ‘bellissimo Canzoniere’ for Bartolomeo della Valle, 1508”

Grants and Awards

• Martinus Nijhoff International Prize
• Publications Design Award
• Katherine Keyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Award
• Five Colleges/Mellon Foundation Grant
• Delmas Foundation Grant
• Affiliated Fellowship, American Academy in Rome