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Collections Spotlight, Fall 2023 / Winter 2024

September 19, 2023 through January 7, 2024

Objects on view in J. Pierpont Morgan’s library reflect the past, present, and future of the 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.

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Differences in Judgment about Water-Baptism, No Bar to Communion: : or, To communicate with saints, as saints, proved lawful. In answer to a book written by the Baptists, and published by Mr T.P. and Mr W.K. [i.e. Thomas Paul and William Kiffin] entituled, Some Serious Reflections on that part of Mr Bunyan's Confession of Faith, touching Church Communion with unbaptized believers [by Thomas Paul] ... Here is also Mr Henry Jesse's judgment in the case, etc.

Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.

London : For John Wilkins, 1673.

PML 8136

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

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A catalogue of the library, splendid books of prints, poetical and historical tracts, of David Garrick, Esq. : removed from his villa at Hampton, and house on the Adelphi Terrace, with the modern works added thereto by Mrs. Garrick, which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Saunders, at his great room, The Poets' Gallery, no. 39 Fleet Street, on Wednesday, April 23d, 1823, and 9 following days, (Sunday excepted), at half past twelve o'clock precisely.

Saunders, Mr. (Robert)

[London? : s.n., 1823?]

PML 77361

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

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Nolens volens, or, You shall make Latin whether you will or no : containing the plainest directions that have yet been given on that subject : together with The Youth[']s visible Bible : being an alphabetical collection (from the whole Bible) of such general heads as were judg'd most capable of hieroglyphicks : illustrated (with great variety) in four and twenty copper plates : with the rude translation opposite, for the exercise of those that begin to make Latin.

Coles, Elisha, 1640?-1680.

London : Printed by Andrew Clark for T. Basset, at the George in Fleetstreet, and H. Brome, at the Gun at the West End of S. Pauls [sic], 1675.

PML 85507

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

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Theatre-Royal, Liverpool. Third appearance here of Mr. Van Amburgh, who is engaged for six nights ... with the whole of his trained animals : This present Wednesday, April 24, 1839, the entertainment will commence with the musical drama No! ... After which the tragedy of Venice preserved ... At the end of the play, Mr. Van Ambrugh will exhibit his fearless and extraordinary performances with the living lions, tigers, leopards, and other trained animals ...

[Liverpool : s.n., 1839]

PML 146639, p. 488 (facing)

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

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Expliciunt Tenores Lytylton.

Littleton, Thomas, Sir, 1402-1481.

PML 755

Classification

Incunable Collection

Department

Printed Books
Joh. Amos Comenii Orbis sensualium pictus quadrilinguis emendatus : hoc est omnium fundamentalium in mundo rerum, & vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura : Latina, Polonica, Gallica, & Germanica ... / accurante Carolo Coutelle ...

Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670.

Norimbergæ : Impensis bibliopolii Joh. Andr. Endteri; Warsaviæ : apud Michael Groell, bibliopola regio, Anno salutis MDCCLXX [1770]

PML 89038

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

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Psalter (MS G.19).

Created

England, probably Winchester, ca. 1300

Accession number

MS G.19

Classification

Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Virgin and Child with SS. Dominic and Barbara

Francesco Francia

approximately 1450-1517.

Bologna, Italy, 15th to 16th century.

AZ025

Classification

Painting

Department

Drawings and Prints

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View of Ischia from the Sea

Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond

1795-1875.

1842

2009.400:98

Classification

Oil Sketch

Department

Drawings and Prints

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