A limited number of one hundred and fifty copies of the Burgess view of Harvard Hall, first issued in 1726 and entitled "Prospect of the Colleges in Cambridge in New England" are now on sale at the Co-operative. This is the earliest view of Harvard College in existence and the only representation of the old Harvard Hall, built in 1672-82 and burned in 1764. Only one copy of the original engraving is known, that belonging to the Massachusetts Historical Society. Copies of this historie are 50 cents each, or may be obtained by mail at 50 cents, from C. H. Cromble, Thayer 39.
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