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...finely printed books, made by philip Hofer, '21. The library has for at least two decades had an active interest in modern printing, of which the Charles Eliot Norton library contained a number of important examples. To these, specimens of the productions of such noteworthy presses as the Merrymount, Kelmscott, Ashendene, Daniel, and Dun Emer, have been added as funds permitted. Such accessions came at irregular intervals, however, and it was not until Professor Sachs gave his collection of the work of Bruce Rogers, that Typography was recognized as a distinct subject for which the library ought to provide...
...books which will be issued at least in part this year,--the Nonesuch Shakespeare and the Golden Cockerel Chaucer--will possibly, in years to come, take their place among such gems of typography as the Kelmscott Chaucer, the Davies Bible, and the Ashendene Dante...
...Hofer's gift includes valuable and important additions to the Library's collection of books from the press of Bruce Rogers, from the Merrymount Press of D. B. Updike, from the Kelmscott Press of William Morris from the Ashendene Press, from the Grolier Club, and from the Nonesuch and other contemporary presses. These books will be shown in the Treasure Room by means of exhibits which will be changed approximately every week...
...Kelmscott Chaucer (vellum edition...
...Widener Treasure Room is exhibiting work of the Kelmscott Press, and an interesting collection of books relating to the early history of Harvard College...