| Research |
The Special Collections at Olin Library is an invaluable resource for
the study of the history of the book. The collection has fine examples
of manuscript books, incunabula, and outstanding books from every century
since the age of Gutenberg. There is a particularly fine collection of
20th c illustrated books and contemporary press books.
Special Collections has recently purchased the “Triple Crown Collection”
one of the greatest collections of English Arts and Crafts archives in
the world.
Edward Johnston's sketches for the initial page of Genesis, the Doves Press Bible, 1903;
Kelmscott Press, William Morris, 1892 “The Golden Legend”, proofs of wood-engravings by Edward Burne-Jones;
Ashendene Press “Lo Inferno di Dante (1902)”