The Zamorano Club is Southern California’s oldest organization of bibliophiles and manuscript collectors. Founded in 1928, it sponsors lectures and publications on bookish topics. Most noteworthy among the latter is the Zamorano 80 (1945)—a member-selected and -written catalogue of the most significant books in California history—recently complemented by Zamorano Select. The Club was named in honor of Agustín V. Zamorano (1798-1842), a provisional governor of Alta California and the state’s first printer.

Zamorano Lecture

The 2012 Zamorano Lecture will be given by David Szewczyk of the Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company. He will speak on printing in the Americas before the Bay Psalm Book.

31 May 2012, 7:30 p.m., Friends’ Hall, Huntington Library. The public are invited to this free talk in a distinguished series.