Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors
Bowne & Co., Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statements (Nos.
333-102046,
333-64836,
333-79409,
333-81639,
2-96887,
33-48831,
33-35810 and
333-57045)
on
Forms S-8
and in the registration statements (Nos.
333-109810,
333-25861,
333-25849,
and
333-18629)
on
Forms S-3
of Bowne & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries of our reports
dated March 14, 2007, with respect to the consolidated
balance sheets of Bowne & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries as
of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash
flows, for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2006, and the related financial statement
schedule, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2006 and the effectiveness of internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, which
reports appear in the December 31, 2006 annual report on
Form 10-K
of Bowne & Co., Inc.
As discussed in our report dated March 14, 2007, the
Company adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 123 (Revised 2004),
“Share-Based Payment” as of January 1, 2006,
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158,
“Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and
Other Postretirement Plans”, as of December 31, 2006,
and Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin
No. 108, “Considering the Effects of Prior Year
Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in the Current Year
Financial Statement”, as of December 31, 2006.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
March 14, 2007