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Dr. Mardersteig Honored at Columbia
 

.N THE afternoon of Tuesday, November 16, a large
number of book collectors, book designers, illustrators,
and typographers gathered in the Rotunda of Low
A'lemorial Library. The occasion marked the opening of an exhibit
of books published by The Limited Editions Club during the past
ten years. The display of handsomely illustrated and printed
 

Dr. Giovanni .M;irdersteig (center) holds tiic base of the Aldus .-Vward
statuette in his right hand and the American Institute of Graphic Arts gold
medal in his left. Dr. Richard H. Logsdon, Director of the Columbia Uni¬
versity Libraries, and Mrs. George Macv, Director of The Limited Editions
Club who presented the Aldus, are at the left. Dr. iVIorris H. Saffron, Chair¬
man of the Friends of the Columbia Libraries, and iVIr. Allen Hurlburt,
President of the American Institute of Graphic Arts who presented the
gold medal, are at the right.

books was arranged in the refurbished exhibit cases by Kenneth
A. Lohf and Sarah C. Faunce. The volumes have been added to
the George Macy Memorial Collection, which Mrs. George .Vlacy

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  v.18,no.2(1969:Feb): Page 46