Other InformationIncunabula came into the Stanford collections in the 1890s, when the library purchased the Hildebrand Collection which included fourteen within the larger collection of more than 5600 books. An additional thirteen incunables arrived with the bequest of former Stanford professor of English, Ewald Flügel, after his death in 1914. Further gifts, bequests, and purchases over the last century have built the collection.
Other InformationIncunabula came into the Stanford collections in the 1890s, when the library purchased the Hildebrand Collection which included fourteen within the larger collection of more than 5600 books. An additional thirteen incunables arrived with the bequest of former Stanford professor of English, Ewald Flügel, after his death in 1914. Further gifts, bequests, and purchases over the last century have built the collection.