Author: NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Title: Treasures from the New York Public Library
Description: New York. N.Y. : The Library 1985. First Edition. Good copy in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 132 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Notes; 'Published for the exhibition. February 15-May 24. 1985'--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (page 132). Contents; Foreword / Vartan Gregorian -- A universe of libraries : New York's great public legacy / Marshall B. Davidson -- Pride of place / Donald Anderle -- Catalogue / Gloria-Gilda Deak. The splendor of illuminated manuscripts -- Bibles of all cultures -- New World discoveries -- Settlement of the Americas -- Benjmain Franklin : printer. author. statesman -- War relief and the U.S. Sanitary Commission -- Robert Fulton the inventor -- The Slavonic worlds -- Highlights of the Jewish year -- Exploring Black cultures -- Lewis Carroll and Alice -- The genius of Herman Melville -- Aesop and the illustrated book -- Hamlets on the New York stage -- The notation of music -- Images of dance -- Printmaking from tehnique to art -- Fine bindings of six centuries -- Photography : a sense of place. Subjects; New York Public Library. New York public library Catalogues d'exposition. New York Public Library Exhibitions. Rare books New York (State) New York ; Bibliography ; Exhibitions. Rare books. Livres rares Catalogues d'exposition. New York Public Library (N.Y.) expositions. Books New York (N.Y.) History ; Exhibitions. Rare books Bibliography ; Exhibitions. Bibliographical exhibitions New York (N.Y.). Books History Exhibitions New York (N.Y.). Books History ; Exhibitions. New York (State) New York. Rare books Bibliographies Catalogues. Book illustration Exhibitions. Book illustration Public collections. Book. the Exhibitions. Book. the Public collections U.S.A. Printing Exhibitions U.S.A. Genres; Bibliography - Exhibition catalogs. Catalogue. Exhibition catalogs. Illustrated. ISBN: 087104286X. Weight in Kg appr.:

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