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 statement
(No. 333-109810)
on
Form S-3
of Bowne & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries of our reports
dated March 16, 2009, with respect to the consolidated
balance sheets of Bowne & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity
and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, and
the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2008, which reports appear in the
December 31, 2008 annual report on
Form 10-K
of Bowne & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries.
As discussed in our report dated March 16, 2009, the
Company adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards
Board Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” as of January 1, 2007,
and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(“SFAS”) No. 157, “Fair Value
Measurements,” as of January 1, 2008.
New York, New York
March 16, 2009