Colbeck Collection

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By michelle blackwell on October 27, 2017

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Melody Burton, Head Librarian, Katherine Kalsbeek ,Head of Rare Books & 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.

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UBC Library acquires a copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer