On July 19, 2013, the Caxton Club will sponsor a trip for
its members to the Lilly Library at Indiana University in Bloomington to see
its amazing exhibition “One Hundred
Books Famous in English Literature.”
Commemorating the Grolier Club’s influential rare book exhibition in
1903, this re-enactment was compiled by Caxtonian and newly appointed director
of the Lilly Library Joel Silver. It
features three books by William Caxton: an original copy of Canterbury
Tales, an original copy of Confessio
Amantis, and the show’s one and only facsimile, Le Morte d’Arthur. Of the
last book only two copies are extant, one in the Morgan Library (which appeared
in the Grolier Club exhibition) and one in England. It is the only book of the Grolier 100 not
held in a first or early edition by the Lilly Library. The exhibition runs through August 24.
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