Publisher: New York : Pierpont Morgan Library ; Los Angeles : University Research Library, Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, ; Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press Publication date: 1995 Subjects: Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515 Manuzio family Printing Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

In Praise of Aldus Manutius: A Quincentenary Exhibition

Politics & Social Sciences

PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY

Fletcher, H. George

Manuzio, Aldo

University of California, Los Angeles Library Dept. of Special collect

Social Sciences

Pierpont Morgan Library

In August Company: The Collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library

The Pierpont Morgan Library, once the private treasure house of American financier and collector J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), is a major repository of artistic, literary, and historical materials dating from ancient times to the modern era. There are objects of breathtaking beauty and visual splendor, such as the jeweled covers of the magnificent Lindau Gospels, the lavishly illuminated Farnese Hours, and master drawings from Durer to Degas. Such works as the Gutenberg Bible and the first printing of the Declaration of Independence document turning points in the course of Western civilization. Still other works stand as unique records of the world's great creative geniuses, for example the sole surviving manuscript fragment of Milton's Paradise Lost and the original score of Mozart's majestic Haffner Symphony. In the words of Mark Twain, it is, indeed, an "august company." This book, written for the general reader and scholar alike, reproduces and discusses over 175 of the finest objects from the Library's richly diverse collections. An introductory section provides an account of the origins of the Library, when Pierpont Morgan - avowing that "no price is too high for an object of unquestioned beauty and known authenticity" - set out to form a collection of books, manuscripts, and drawings to rival those of the great aristocratic libraries of Europe. The elegant marble library he built in New York to house these collections, regarded as one of architect Charles F. McKim's finest achievements, is illustrated and discussed in detail as well. The chapters devoted to the principal collections of the Library - drawings and prints, medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, printed books, fine bindings, literary and historical autographs, music manuscripts, Gilbert and Sullivan materials, ancient Near Eastern seals and tablets, and paintings and art objects - are preceded by brief essays outlining the formation, content and scope of the Library's holdings in these fields. All of the major works that are discussed have detailed descriptions and are reproduced, many in color. The works you will find in this volume - often masterpieces of their kind - have been selected not only for their special qualities and importance but for the degree to which they represent the strengths and collecting interests of the Morgan Library today.

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History & Criticism

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Pierpont Morgan As Collector and Patron, 1837-1913

Taylor, Francis H.

Early American bookbindings from the collection of Michael Papantonio: [catalogue]

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Papantonio, Michael

Crafts & Hobbies

First edition. Profusely illustrated. Presentation "For Henry Morris from your friend Joe Spiral Blumenthal , September/73." With a note in pencil by Morris stating that this was inscribed to him at the reception at the Morgan. Spine slightly age darkened. 192 pages. stiff paper wrappers.. 4to..

Art of the printed book, 1455-1955;: Masterpieces of typography through five centuries from the collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library

Arts & Photography

Joseph Blumenthal

Graphic Design

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Mediaeval and Renaissance Manuscripts: Major Acquisitions of the Pierpont Morgan Library 1924-1974

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Early Printed Books: Major Acquisitions of the Pierpont Morgan Library 1924-1974

Early Children's Books and Their Illustration

First edition. Printed at the Stinehour Press. With many illustrations including some in color. Detailed descriptions of over 200 items. Essays by Charles Ryskamp, Gerald Gottlieb, and J.H. Plumb. Nice presentation from Gottlieb on first blank page and with related material loosely inserted. Wear at corners. xxx, 263 pages. stiff paper wrappers.. 4to..

Early children's books and their illustration

Exhibition catalogue descriptions of items dealing with exploration, the American Indian, the Colonies, religion, flora and fauna, statesmen and more. Printed in two colors. Introduction by Charles Ryskamp. x, 66 pages,. stiff paper wrappers.. small 4to..

America from Amerigo Vespucci to the Louisiana Purchase

History

Cahoon, Herbert

Americas

Anglo-Saxon vernacular manuscripts in America: [exhibited at the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1 April-9 May, 1976]

Collins, Rowland L

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