Day: August 2, 2013

Front facade of Houghton Library

What’s New: Acquisitions from the Collection of Charlotte and Arthur Vershbow

In the second half of the twentieth century Charlotte and Arthur Vershbow of Boston formed a notable private rare book collection. They were close friends of Philip Hofer, founding curator of Houghton Library’s Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, and their collecting was deeply influenced by Hofer’s collection and attitude toward collecting. After the deaths…