The Libraries鈥� spring exhibition, “Avida Dollars: Salvador Dal铆, Joseph For锚t, and the Three Most Expensive Books in the World,” curated by Professor Emeritus Harold Jones, will open on April 22 and run through Sept. 9.
The exhibition explores the collaboration between Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dal铆 and Parisian publisher Joseph For锚t to produce 鈥渢he three most expensive books in the world.鈥� The books, produced between 1956 and 1963, are illustrated editions of Dante鈥檚 鈥淒ivine Comedy,鈥� Cervantes鈥� 鈥淒on Quixote鈥� and Saint John鈥檚 鈥淎pocalypse.鈥� The materials on view are from Professor Jones鈥� personal collection, which he has donated to the Special Collections Research Center.
A symposium, 鈥淟ope de Vega and the Modern World,鈥� will also take place on April 22 from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library. The event will honor Professor Jones and the 70th anniversary of Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures.
A reception celebrating the exhibition opening and the symposium will be held on from 4鈥�5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 22, on the sixth floor of Bird Library.
Jones is professor emeritus of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at 黑料不打烊. He joined the University in 1988, was chair of the department for nine years (1988鈥�97) and served as program coordinator of Spanish for the following six years. His teaching and research interests include early modern Spanish poetry, drama and Don Quixote.
