Philip Hofer Collection in the Houghton Library Paperback by Eleanor Garvey

Product Details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press (2005-10-04)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 0 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780914630036
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

Philip Hofer, who founded the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts in the Houghton Library, was a curator and collector of great zeal and singular taste. In this exhibition catalogue his successor, Eleanor Garvey, explores the rich legacy Hofer bequeathed to Harvard: extraordinary manuscripts, writing manuals, illustrated books, and examples of fine and unusual printing. The objects of Hofer's fancy constitute a teaching collection and a scholarly resource of the highest kind. They also justify the reputation he earned over a long and unique career as the "Prince of the Eye."

About the Author

Eleanor Garvey is a former Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts at the Houghton Library, Harvard University.