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Article: Cambridge University Press celebrates 450th anniversary at New York Public Library.
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- September 19, 1984
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NEW YORK, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Chartered by Henry VIII in 1534 -- 86 years before the Mayflower set sail for America -- Cambridge University Press is the oldest printer-publisher in the world. In 1984 the Press celebrates the 450th anniversary of its unprecedented charter and its 400th year of uninterrupted publishing activity.
On Thursday, Sept. 20, the American Branch of Cambridge University Press will host a reception in The New York Public Library to celebrate the Press' unique history. Among the 1,000 guests expected to attend will be New York City officials, executives from the book and magazine publishers and printers, and Cambridge authors from ...