As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 1997
Registration No. -

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-8
Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933

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INTERLEAF, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Massachusetts 04-2729042
(State or other jurisdiction of) (IRS Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)

62 Fourth Avenue, Waltham, MA 02154
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)

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Craig Newfield, General Counsel
Interleaf, Inc.
62 Fourth Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02154
(Name and address of agent for service)

(617)290-0710
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class Proposed Maxi- Proposed Maxi- Amount of
Securities to be Amount to be mum Offering mum Aggregate Registration
Registered Registered Price Per Share(1) Offering Price(1) Fee
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Common Stock, 1,000,000 $2.77 $2,770,000 $840
$.01 par value shares

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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h), under the Securities Act of 1933, based
upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock in the
National Market System as reported by NASDAQ on October 21, 1997.

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to 1,000,000 additional
shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, to be offered pursuant to the
1994 Employee Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") of Interleaf, Inc. A Registration
Statement on Form S-8 relating to shares of Common Stock offered pursuant to the
Plan was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 1994
and is effective. The contents of such Registration Statement on Form S-8 (file
No. 33-84214) are hereby incorporated herein by reference.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Waltham, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, on October 24, 1997.

INTERLEAF, INC.

By: /s/ Jaime W. Ellertson
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President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Interleaf, Inc., hereby
severally constitute and appoint Jaime W. Ellertson and Robert R. Langer, and
each of them acting singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to
them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said
Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and
behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Interleaf, Inc.
to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying
and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or
any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments
thereto.

WITNESS our hands and common seal on the date set forth below.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature Title Date
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/s/ Jaime W. Ellertson President and Chief Executive October 24, 1997
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Jaime W. Ellertson (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Robert R. Langer Executive Vice President and October 24, 1997
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Robert R. Langer Director (Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Frederick B. Bamber Director October 24, 1997
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Frederick B. Bamber

Signature Title Date
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/s/ David A. Boucher Director October 24, 1997
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David A. Boucher

/s/ Rory J. Cowan Chairman of the Board of October 24, 1997
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Rory J. Cowan

/s/ Marcia J. Hooper Director October 24, 1997
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Marcia J. Hooper

/s/ George D. Potter, Jr. Director October 24, 1997
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George D. Potter, Jr.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Method
Number Description of Exhibit of Filing
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4(a) Specimen certificate for shares of Common Stock [i]

4(b) Rights Agreement, dated July 15, 1988, between
the Company and The First National Bank of Boston [ii]

5 Opinion of John K. Hyvnar, Esq. included

23(a) Consent of John K. Hyvnar, Esq. included
(included in Exhibit 5)

23(b) Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors included

24 Power of Attorney (included in page 1 of S-8) included

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[i] Incorporated herein by reference is the applicable Exhibit to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-5743.

[ii] Incorporated herein by reference is the applicable Exhibit to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed July 27, 1988.