In August Company: The Collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library

New York: Pierpont Morgan Library; Scala Books, 1993. Cloth, 310 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Issued in a slipcase. Near fine. Firm binding, unmarked. Light foxing/half-title page. Slipcase in fine condition. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "The Pierpont Morgan Library, once the private treasure house of American financier and collector J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), is a major repository of artistic, literary, and historical materials dating from ancient times to the modern era. There are objects of breathtaking beauty and visual splendor, such as the jeweled covers of the magnificent Lindau Gospels, the lavishly illuminated Farnese Hours, and master drawings from Durer to Degas. Such works as the Gutenberg Bible and the first printing of the Declaration of Independence document turning points in the course of Western civilization. Still other works stand as unique records of the world's great creative geniuses, for example the sole surviving manuscript fragment of Milton's Paradise Lost and the original score of Mozart's majestic Haffner Symphony. In the words of Mark Twain, it is, indeed, an 'August company.'" - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 4to.