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Title
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CID-Max A. Goldstein Collection in Speech and Hearing
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Creator
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Max Aaron Goldstein -- Donor
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Date
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c.1929-1939
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Description
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The CID – Max A. Goldstein Collection in Speech and Hearing comprises more than 900 titles about the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the ear, nose and throat; deafness, speech and hearing; and even about curious subjects such as physiognomy, phrenology, and chiromancy. They cover a broad span of time, from the turn of the 16th century to the mid-20th century.
The collection was assembled by Max Aaron Goldstein, founder of the Central Institute for the Deaf (CID), and was assembled mainly between 1922 and 1939 during the course of his European travels. He kept handwritten cards for each volume containing bibliographic data, the names of booksellers; and the places, dates, and purchase prices, which provide information about Dr. Goldstein’s collecting habits and the European book trade.
A sixteenth century German notarial treatise illustrated with woodcuts made by Hans Weidtiz, an important German Renaissance artist. The stylistic similarities between the images and illustrations found in artisan guidebooks and trade books highlight how people may have conceptualized legal work at the time. In this particular image, a notary is shown taking the last will and testament of a dying man.