In August Company: The Collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library
- ISBN-10
- 0875980937
- ISBN-13
- 9780875980935
- Category
- Art / General
- Pages
- 310
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Pierpont Morgan Library
- Author
- Pierpont Morgan Library
Description
This book, written for the general reader and scholar alike, reproduces and discusses over 175 of the finest objects from the Library's richly diverse collections. An introductory section provides an account of the origins of the Library, when Pierpont Morgan - avowing that "no price is too high for an object of unquestioned beauty and known authenticity" - set out to form a collection of books, manuscripts, and drawings to rival those of the great aristocratic libraries of Europe. The elegant marble library he built in New York to house these collections, regarded as one of architect Charles F. McKim's finest achievements, is illustrated and discussed in detail as well.
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