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Close Encounters showcases a group of sixty-seven portraits of notable subjects by Irving Penn (b. 1917), acquired by The Morgan Library & Museum in 2007.

Contes et nouvelles en vers / par Jean de La Fontaine.

La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695.

A Paris : De l' Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné, 1795.

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The memoirs of a Protestant, condemned to the galleys of France, for his religion. Written by himself Comprehending an account of the various distresses he suffered in slavery; and his constancy in supporting almost every cruelty that bigotted zeal could inflicht or human nature sustain; also a description of the galleys, and the service in which they are employed. The whole interspersed with anecdotes relative to the general history of the times, for a period of thirteen years; during which the author continued in slavery, 'till he was at last set free, at the intercession of the court of Great Britain ... ... Translated from the original, just published at The Hague, by James Willington [pseud.].

Marteilhe, Jean, 1684-1777.

London : Printed for R. Griffiths, and E. Dilly, 1758.

PML 39609-10

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Printed Books

The order for morning and evening prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and some other offices of the church : together with a collection of prayers, and some sentences of the Holy Scriptures, necessary forknowledge practice = Ne yagawagh niyadewighniserage yonderaenayendaghkwa orghoongene neoni yogaraskha yoghseragwegough. Neoni yagawagh sakramenthogoon, neoni oya addereanaiyent ne onoghsadogeaghtige. Oni ne watkeanissaghtough odd'yage addereansiyent, neoni siniyoghthare ne kaghyadoghseradogeaghti, ne wahooni ayagoderieandaragge neoni ayondadderighhoenie / collected, and translated into the Mohawk language under the direction of the late Rev. Mr. William Andrews, the late Rev. Dr. Henry Barclay, and the Rev. Mr. John Oglivie [sic]: formerly missionaries from the venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, to the Mohawk Indians.

[New York] : Printed [by William Weyman and Hugh Gaine], in the year. M,DCC,LXIX. [1769]

PML 198066

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Printed Books

Moses Striking the Rock

Italian school

16th century

IV, 19

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Drawings and Prints

The Apparition of the Angel to St. Joseph

Raffaellino da Reggio

1550-1578

ca. 1576

2007.80

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Drawings and Prints