Carl H. Pforzheimer

November 28, 2023 - Aaron T. Pratt

The Long Lives of First Folios

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: Carl H. Pforzheimer, Edward Alexander Parsons, First Folio, Miriam Lutcher Stark, William Shakespeare

Four hundred years ago, on December 5, 1623, Sir Edward Dering spent nearly £4.50 as he went about London throughout the day. The 25-year-old bought a number of household items, sent a letter to Cambridge, and saw a play. He also went to see a bookbinder, paying to have a… read more

January 13, 2016 - Gerald Cloud

Pforzheimer Symposium celebrates significant book collector of twentieth century

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts Tagged With: Bart Auerbach, Carl H. Pforzheimer, David Scott Kastan, Elizabeth Denlinger, Eric White, Gerald W. Cloud, Grolier Club, New York Public Library, Pforzheimer, Pforzheimer Symposium, Stephen Massey

In conjunction with the Grolier Club Collects II, the Grolier Club, the Harry Ransom Center, and the New York Public Library will co-sponsor The Pforzheimer Symposium at the Grolier Club on January 26 from 2 to 7 p.m.

April 29, 2015 - Kate Contakos

Pforzheimer library receives proactive conservation assessment

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Conservation Tagged With: Books, Carl H. Pforzheimer, Chaucer, Conservation, Coverdale Bible, Gerald Cloud, Gutenberg Bible, King James Bible, Milton, Pforzheimer Library, preservation, preservation week, preservation week 2015, Spenser, survery, William Caxon

In 1986 when the Ransom Center acquired the Carl H. Pforzheimer library of early English literature, with books dating from 1475 to 1700, the book world gasped. The Pforzheimer library was the outstanding private collection of early English books available, and the acquisition of this exceptional private library of carefully… read more