SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                          
                              Washington, D.C.  20549
                                          
                                      FORM 8-K
                                          
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                                          
       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                          
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 9, 1998

                                  INTERLEAF, INC.
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               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                          
                                          
     Massachusetts                  0-14713                 2729042   
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(State or other jurisdiction  (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)                                      Identification No.)


          62 Fourth Avenue                   
       Waltham, Massachusetts                       02451   
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(Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (781) 290-0710



Item 5.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

On September 9, 1998, Interleaf, Inc. (the "Company") entered into Stock 
Purchase Agreements effective as of August 31, 1998 (collectively the 
"Purchase Agreements") with each of Dona D. Ray, Davis K. Marksbury, Jr., and 
Donald J. Kloiber (the "Sellers"), the three owners of all of the capital 
stock of PDR Automated Systems & Publications, Inc., a Kentucky corporation 
("PDR").  PDR is a company engaged in the business of providing technical 
documentation services.

Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreements, the Company acquired all of 
the capital stock of PDR as of August 31, 1998 for (i) approximately $2.7 
million in cash plus six month warrants to purchase 250,000 shares of Company 
common stock at an exercise price of $2.85 issued at closing, and (ii) an 
installment payment of $1.5 million on March 31, 1999 (subject to adjustment) 
and a second installment payment to bring the total to $3.0 million (also 
subject to adjustment) on September 30, 1999 (collectively, the "Installment 
Payments").  In addition, the Company agreed to pay the Sellers an aggregate 
of $75,000 in cash, payable 50% at the closing and 50% in February 1999, and 
to pay to them any amounts PDR receives with respect to certain accounts 
receivable.  

The first Installment Payment is subject to decrease (but not below $500,000 
in the aggregate) or increase (but not beyond $2.5 million in the aggregate) 
by differing percentages of the amount, if any, by which the revenues of PDR 
during the six-month period followed the closing derived from certain 
customer accounts exceed or are less than $1.5 million.  The second 
Installment Payment is subject to similar adjustment (with a zero floor and 
no ceiling) based upon the amount by which such revenues for the full 
12-month period following closing exceed or are less than $3 million.

Each Installment Payment is payable in the form of Company common stock 
having a market value (defined by reference to a trailing ten day average 
trading price) on the date of delivery equal to the dollar amount due on the 
Installment Payment, except that the Company has the option of paying in cash 
rather than stock if the market value of its common stock is less than $2.85 
per share or if, despite its reasonable efforts, the shares to be delivered 
have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for 
resale by the Sellers.  The Company further agreed that to the extent that it 
makes an Installment Payment in the form of its common stock and the Sellers 
resell that stock in the public markets in the manner provided in the Stock 
Purchase Agreements and those sales result in the Sellers receiving less than 
90% of the dollar amount of the Installment Payment, the Company will make an 
additional cash payment to the Sellers to bring the amount received up to 90% 
and repurchase any remaining unsold shares.  

In connection with the execution of the Stock Purchase Agreements, the 
Company also entered into a one year employment agreement with Dona Ray and 
one year consulting agreements with the other two stockholders of PDR, each 
of which includes a noncompetition provision.  The aggregate amount payable 
under these three agreements is $225,000. 

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The assets of PDR acquired as a result of the stock purchases are 
primarily its contractual and business relationships, certain computer 
software programs, office leases and office furnishings and equipment.

The acquisition was financed out of the Company's working capital.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)  Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

     The financial statements of PDR required by Regulation S-X to be filed with
the Commission will be filed by an amendment to this Form 8-K or within 60 
days hereafter.

(c)  Exhibits.

     10.1 Stock Purchase Agreement by and among Interleaf, Inc., PDR 
Automated Systems and Publications, Inc. and Dona D. Ray, with variable 
information for otherwise identical agreements with Messrs. Marksbury and 
Kloiber.

            
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                                     SIGNATURES
                                          
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                             Interleaf, Inc.
                              
                              
Date:  September 24, 1998                    By: /s/ Peter W. Rice
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                                             Peter W. Rice 



                                   EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit                            Description                         At
 No.                                                                  Page

4.1       Form of Stock Purchase Warrant issued to each of Ms. Ray      4
          and Messrs. Marksbury and Kloiber.

10.1      Stock Purchase Agreement by and among Interleaf, Inc., PDR    9
          Automated Systems and Publications, Inc. and Dona D. Ray,
          with variable information for otherwise identical
          agreements with Messrs. Marksbury and Kloiber.




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