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...exhibition of etchings by Piranesi is now on display at the Fogg Art Museum. The show contains many ancient etchings of interest and was arranged primarily for the students enrolled in the Ancient Civilization classes at Harvard and Radcliffe. However, the public is invited to view the exhibition at any time...
Early German printing is the subject of a new display in the Widener Treasure Room. The exhibitions of modern fine printing and of Elizabethan books are still to be seen, but the composition of these displays has changed to some extent...
...Catholica" by Joannes Balbus, an edition of the "Book of Ruth"; and the "Nurnberg Chronicle." Gutenberg's Bible though not dated, is fairly well established as being printed in about 1450. "Catholica" is an encyclopedic dictionary printed in 1460, probably by Gutenberg. The "Book of Ruth" which is on display was published at Mainz in 1462 by Peter Fust and John Schoeffer, the former being the man who financed Gutenberg's edition of the Bible. The "Nurnberg Chronicle" is an illustrated universal history printed...
...addition to the display of the Elizabethan books given the library by the family of W. A. White '63 and other friends of Harvard is an English version of Ariosto's "Satyres in Seven Famous Discourses, shewing the State of the Court and Courtiers; of Libertie and the Clergie in generall; of the Romane Clergie; of Marriage; of Soldiers, Musicians, and Lovers; of Schoolmasters and Scholers; of Honour and the happiest life." This work was printed...
...never before witnessed a "Chauve-Souris" production the display now on view should prove eminently worth while. It is a fresh breath in a theatrical world just now grown quite sultry. But, on the other hand, warning must be issued that if attending this revue will mean your second or third visit, it may not be all that past memories lead you to expect. For from our carefully amassed comments of theatregoers we find it reported that there is too much sameness in the productions. There is less dash; the joie de vivre seems to have worn...