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Pomona, or, The fruit-garden illustrated : containing sure methods for improving all the best kinds of fruits now extant in England : calculated from great variety of experiments made in all kinds of soils and aspects wherein the manner of raising young stocks, grafting, inoculating, planting, &c. are clearly and fully demonstrated : likewise several practical observations in the imbibing power and perspirations of fruit-trees : the several effects of heat and moisture tending to the growth and maturity of fruits : to which is added, a curious account of the most valuable drawings of the several fruits, curiously engraven on seventy-nine large folio plates / by Batty Langley.

Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.

London : G. Strahan, 1729.

PML 55627

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To all people in all Christendom : concerning perfect love, pure wisdome and the holy faith and who they are that banisheth them, and who they are that entertains them, and how Christendome hath not received this love ... but hath received envy and wrath ... : also concerning Christs flesh which was offered and Adams flesh which was defiled, and concerning the outward offerings and sacifices ... and concerning the belief in Christ the offering and concerning Adam in the fall, and concerning Adam before he fell ... and concerning the eating of Christs flesh and drinking his blood, and who hath life and who hath not.

Fox, George, 1624-1691.

[London] : Printed for M.W., [1663]

PML 13001

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James Miles : from Sadler's Wells in Islington, now keeps the Gun Musick-Booth in Smithfield-Rounds, during the time of Bartholomew Fair, will be shown such variety of sport and pastime the like not in all the fair. This is therefore to give notice to all gentlemen, ladies, and others, that there is come to this place the famous and ingenious Indian woman, that lifts six hundred weight with the hair of her head ... she likewise lies upon the ground with an anvil upon her breast, and suffers any man to strike with a hammer of sixteen pound weight to cut a piece of iron asunder ...

Miles, James, d. 1724.

[London : s.n., between 1699 and 1724]

PML 19327, leaf 096

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The universal penman, or, The art of writing made useful to the gentleman and scholar, as well as the man of business : exemplified in all the useful and ornamental branches of modern penmanship; with some necessary observations on the excellency of the pen, and a large number of select sentences in prose and verse; various forms of business, relating to merchandize and trade; letters on several occasions; accurate specimens of the oriental languages, and alphabets in all the hands now practis'd / written, with the friendly assistance of several of the most eminent masters, and engrav'd by Geo. Bickham. The whole embelish'd with beautiful decorations for the amusement of the curious.

Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?

London: : Printed for, and sold by the Author at the Crown in James Street, Bunhill Fields, 1741.

PML 146479

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Belle da Costa Greene: A Portrait Gallery

As part of its ongoing project to illuminate the career of librarian, curator, scholar, and cultural executive Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950), the Morgan presents this digital gallery of all known photographs and portraits depicting her.
No Soft Nonsense: Presenting the Bold Anne Brontë

Join Christine Nelson, Drue Heinz Curator of Literary and Historical Manuscripts, for a fresh look at Anne Brontë (1820–1849), bold author and truth-teller, through the artifacts she left behind.

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COME CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM

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Monday, November 29, 2010

The Morgan Library & Museum offers a full program of festive holiday activities including concerts, family fun day, and special holiday shopping and dining.

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Flemish Illumination in the Era of Catherine of Cleves

January 22 through May 2, 2010

This exhibition of eighteen manuscripts illuminated in the area of Flanders in the southern Netherlands (today part of Belgium) celebrates the variety of styles from the last great flowering of Flemish illumination during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

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THE MORGAN CELEBRATES THE BEAUTY AND ARTISTRY OF CONTEMPORARY ILLUMINATION IN AN EXHIBITION OF WORK BY BARBARA WOLFF

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Monday, January 5, 2015

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THE MORGAN PREMIERES RICHARD McGUIRE’S GROUNDBREAKING GRAPHIC NOVEL, HERE, AND EXPLORES THE PROCESS BEHIND ITS CREATION

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Friday, September 5, 2014

To mark the Fall 2014 publication of "Here" as an all-new, full-color graphic novel, the Morgan will premiere the first edition of the book and explore the evolution of this contemporary classic and the distinctive working method of the artist.

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