Professor Harold Love was one of the most active members of the Monash University English Department. His main field was the literature of the Restoration, and he was a keen collector of books and pamphlets from the period. His library was well-known to contain several copies of Matthew Prior’s 1718 edition of Poems on several occasions. Editing texts was one of Harold’s specialisations and he knew the importance of comparing as many copies as possible, impressing upon his students that no two copies of a book from the hand-press period are ever identical. As part of his bequest to Monash he left instructions that his antiquarian books be given to the Rare Books Collection. We thank his widow, Rosaleen Love, for her generosity and support.
