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Colbeck Collection

An unmatched devotion

An unmatched devotion

By michelle blackwell on October 27, 2017

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Colbeck Collection, exhibitions, exhibits, links, Rare Books and Special Collections

Melody Burton, Head Librarian, Katherine Kalsbeek ,Head of Rare Books and Special Collections and Dr. Gregory Mackie, assistant professor in UBC’s department of English.

UBC Library acquires a copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer

By michelle blackwell on August 23, 2016

UBC Library has acquired a copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer, one of the world’s most extraordinary books. Printed in a limited edition of only 438 copies, the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer was published by William Morris’s Kelmscott Press in 1896.

Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with acquisitions, art, Colbeck Collection, collections, community engagement, donation, donors, Kelmscott Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, press release, Rare Books and Special Collections, research learning and scholarship

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