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Objects on view in J. Pierpont Morgan’s library reflect the past, present, and future of building collections in four curatorial departments, comprising illuminated manuscripts from the medieval and renaissance eras, five hundred years of printed books, correspondence and literary manuscripts, as well as printed music and autograph manuscripts by composers.

A Visit to those respectable ladies and gentlemen, called the twenty-four great letters, who all reside at a large house, called Alphabet-Hall : wherein the strictest attention to politeness and good-breeding is constantly paid : also a short conversation between ten comical figures : to which are added, Virtuous maxims of a good child.

Coventry [West Midlands, England] : Printed and sold by Luckman and Suffield, [not before l797].

PML 81475

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Book

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Printed Books

Treasures from the Nationalmuseum of Sweden: The Collections of Count Tessin

February 3 through May 14, 2017

The Nationalmuseum, Sweden’s largest and most distinguished art institution, is partnering with the Morgan to bring more than seventy-five masterpieces from its collections to New York for a rare visit.

Gilder Lehrman Hall

The Gilder Lehrman Hall is an elegant setting for dramatic readings, concerts, lectures, and other live performances.

Living Land Acknowledgment

The Morgan Library & Museum stands on land that is part of Lenapehoking, the unceded ancestral homeland of the Lenape people.