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Printed programs (2) for the Queen's coronation : [n.p.], [1838].

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.

[1838].

MA Unassigned

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

THE MORGAN EXPLORES THE ORIGINS OF THE FIRST ENGLISH PRINTED BOOKS IN A NEW EXHIBITION OPENING MAY 29

Press release date

Thursday, May 7, 2015

William Caxton and the Birth of English Printing, on view at the Morgan Library & Museum from May 29 through September 20, celebrates this foundational moment in the history of the English language and literature.

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Proof of a wood engraving for "The parliament of fowls", designed by Edward Burne-Jones, for page 316 of the 1896 Kelmscott edition of The works of Geoffrey Chaucer [print].

Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912, engraver.

[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1895]

PML 76922.43A

Classification

Print

Department

Printed Books

Landscape with a Mountain Village and a Steam Engine in the Distance

Charles-François Eustache

1820-1870

2008.47

Classification

Drawing

Department

Drawings and Prints

Collection of letters and manuscripts related to Edgar Allan Poe, 1827-1849.

1827-1849.

MA 644.1-29

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Receipt for £28.15 he received from Thomas Townshend : document signed : [n.p.], 1739 July 5.

Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761.

1739 July 5.

MA Unassigned

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Livre de cleriadus et meliadice.

PML 17592

Classification

Incunable Collection

Department

Printed Books

Praeparatio ad missam pontificalem.

Created

Ferrara, Italy, ca. 1485.

Accession number

MS M.279

Classification

Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

A mirror for the female sex : historical beauties for young ladies : intended to lead the female mind to the love and practice of moral goodness : designed principally for the use of ladies' schools / by Mrs. Pilkington : ornamented with thirty-four engravings beautifully cut on wood.

Pilkington, Mrs. (Mary), 1766-1839.

London : Printed for Vernor and Hood ... and sold by E. Newbery ... , 1798.

PML 83189

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

A letter to the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, : by way of reply to his answer to the college testimony against him and his conduct. / By Edward Wigglesworth, D.D. Professor of Divinity in said college. ; To which is added, the Reverend president's answer to the things charg'd upon him by the said Mr. Whitefield, as inconsistences..

Wigglesworth, Edward, approximately 1693-1765.

Boston, N.E. : Printed and sold by T. Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill., 1745.

PML 21554

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books