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The royal standard English dictionary : in which the words are not only rationally divided into syllables, accurately accented, and their part of speech properly distinguished, and their various significations arranged in one line; but likewise, by a key to this work ... it exhibits their true pronunciation ... : to which is prefixed, a comprehensive grammar of the English language : to the whole is added, the Scripture proper names ... : names of the principal cities, rivers, mountains, &c. in the known world : also, the ancient and modern poets, philosophers, and statesmen, &c. ... / by William Perry ...

Perry, William, active 18th century.

Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : By Leonard Worcester, for Isaiah Thomas ; [Brookfield, Mass.] : Sold at his bookstore, by said Thomas, & Waldo, in Brookfield ; [Walpole, N.H.] : And said Thomas, & Carlisle, in Walpole ; Sold also, in Boston : By sai

PML 82291

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Book

Department

Printed Books

A brief state of the province of Pennsylvania, in which the conduct of their Assemblies for several years past is impartially examined, and the true cause of the continual encroachments of the French displayed, more especially the secret design of their late unwarrantable invasion and settlement upon the river Ohio. To which is annexed, an easy plan for restoring quiet in the public measures of that province, and defeating the ambitious views of the French in time to come. In a letter from a gentleman who has resided many years in Pennsylvania to his friend in London.

Smith, William, 1727-1803.

London, R. Griffiths, 1755.

PML 3721

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Book

Department

Printed Books

The profitable arte of gardeninge : nowe the third time sette forth: to which is added much necessarye matter, and a number of secrets with the phisicke helpes belonginge to eche herbe, and that easie prepared ; To this annexed, two proper treatises, the one entituled The marvellous gouernement, propertie, and benefyte of the bees, vvith the rare secretes of the hony & waxe ; And the other, the yearly coniectures, meete for husbandmen to knovve: englished by Thomas Hyll Londiner ; Whereunto is newly added a treatise, of the arte of graffing and planting of trees.

Hill, Thomas, active 1568-1600.

Imprinted at London : Thomas Marshe, 1572.

PML 55621

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Book

Department

Printed Books

Leaf with “Crowning with Thorns" from Jacques Le Lieur's Poème sur la Passion.

Created

Rouen, France, ca. 1530

Accession number

MS M.1246

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Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Becoming Morgan: J. Pierpont Morgan's Early Collecting

Dr. Colin B. Bailey, Director of the Morgan Library & Museum, traces the development of J. Pierpont Morgan as a collector of rare books and manuscripts.

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THE LIFE OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU THROUGH THE LENS OF HIS REMARKABLE JOURNAL IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW MORGAN EXHIBITION

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Monday, April 17, 2017

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) occupies a lofty place in American cultural history.

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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM ACQUIRES IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF WORKS BY FRENCH AVANT-GARDE WRITER ALFRED JARRY

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Monday, October 16, 2017

The Morgan Library & Museum announced today the acquisition of one of the most important private collections of material related to the life and work of avant-garde French writer Alfred Jarry (1873-1907).

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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM PRESENTS THE FIRST SURVEY OF THE DRAWINGS OF WAYNE THIEBAUD

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Monday, April 16, 2018

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PEGGY FOGELMAN NAMED DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

In her new position at the Morgan, she will oversee the work of the museum's curatorial and conservation departments, as well as Registration.

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Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards

The tarot cards at the Morgan were probably created by Bonifacio Bembo for the Visconti-Sforza family, and constitute one of the most complete decks to survive from the fifteenth century.

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