Inside the Morgan Library A Treasure House of Inestimable Works
A visitor tours Mr. Morgan’s library and vaults, admiring incunabula, first editions, and precious bindings. The collection includes Ashburnham Gospels, Caxtons, Elzevirs, Bibles, and royal manuscript heirlooms, plus BYRON, Burns, Scott, Thackeray, and Napoleonic papers, with a fortified third chamber guarding the most priceless items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriel Naudé
Evelyn
Isidorus
Boetius
Seneca
Plinies
Sueton
Martial
Vopiscus
Audé
Mr. Morgan
Luca Della Robbia
Paris
Benvenuto Cellini
Morgan
South Kensington Museum
Great East Room
Mazarins
Colbert
Mme. de Maintenon
Walt Scott
Padeloup
Elzevir ‘ Pastissier Francois
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
Wynkyn de Wordes
Milton
Sidney
Spenser
Jonson
Drayton
Thomas Browne
Marvell
Waller
Burton
Lamb
England
New York
James Howell
Treas- Room
Henry VIII
Leo X
Holbein
Wilfrid of
York
Mary Stuart
Louis
Louis the Grand Dauphin
Mr.Morgan
Byron
Greece
Carte Blanche
Doon Juan
Werner
Manfred
Marino Faliero
Burns
Cotter
Ruskin
Venice
George Sand
Dumas
Lytton
Harold
Pompeii
Zola
Nana
Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Brontë
Reade
Scott
Uniteddom
Brookfield
Pope
Charles Lamb
du ‘Maurier
Napoleon
Martha ‘Washington
Nell Gwynn
Pall Mall
Shelley
Walpole
Macaulay
Poe
O’meara
Burglar Aids in Recovering Loot
Harbor scene reports Georg Reed, arrested and held for further investigation after aiding in recovering loot from a burglary. Details indicate police linkage to a larger break in during December, with Reed cooperating and providing names of accomplices.
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Harbor
L.J
Georg Reed
Morgan Buys Caxtons At Sothebys For Near 500000
At Sothebys Amherst Library sale in London the Caxtons drew the crowd with J P Morgan's likely bid near 500000. The Mazarin Bible spurred fierce bidding with Gilhofer of Vienna and Quaritch among rivals. King Charles I Cambridge Bible sold for 5000. About 150 lots grossed nearly 50000 as three days of sale began.
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New York Times
London
Sotheby’s
Amherst
Caxtons
J. P Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Amherst Caxtons
Morgan
Lord Amherst
Erskine
Austria
Gilhofer
Vienna
Quaritch
England
Charles I
Gardner Treasures Return Pact In Chicago Bond Filing
Federal authorities will relinquish control of Mrs. Jack Gardner of Boston art treasures shipped as household goods by Mrs. Emily Crane Chadbourne of Chicago when Chadbourne deposits a bond equal to the appraised value. Appraisers value the items at about 820,000. A petition in federal court details shipping, detention, duty paid, and a penalty of half the appraised value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jack” Gardner
Boston
Emily Crane Chadbourne
Chadbourne
Federal District Court
Jacardner
Art Objects at Auction Opens Currie Scotto Sale
Philip James Cearney of Lakewood N J paid the top price of 830 for a Louis XV salon suite in Aubusson tapestries at the opening sale of Objets de Vertu from Rome at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries yesterday. L De Young paid 610 for Louis XVI Sevres vases and Mrs A E Neale 505 for another Louis XV Aubusson suite. Other buys included Daniel Chester French 80 for two antique Italian armchairs, Irving T Bush 504 for seven carved Chippendale chairs, Mrs Martin Littleton 15 for a Hispano Mauresque late, and Thomas B Clarke 12 50 for a Caffarolo plate. The afternoon total was 7943. The sale continues today and tomorrow.
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Philip James Cearney
Lakewood
N. J
Objets de Vertu
Lord Philipp Currie
Prince Centurione Scotto
Rome
Fifth Avenue
L. de Young
Aubusson
A. E. Neale
Daniel Chester French
Irving T. Bush
Martin Littleton
Thomas B. Clarke
Lapham Library Sale Totals Thirty Thousand Dollars
Edwin N. Lapham’s private library sold at Anderson’s last evening with a day total of 13 000 and grand tally 30 000. Rare items included Rossetti manuscripts, Ruskin editions, Shelley's firsts, and notable Whitman and Tennyson pieces, reflecting high prices and new records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin N. Lapham
Anderson
Germ
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Burger
Ruskin
Golden City
Shelley
T. F. Hogg
Adonais
John Keats
Bedford
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Helen’s Tower
Lady Gifford
Claudeboye
Ireland
Tennyson
Lord Dufferin
Carmen Salalare
Queen Victoria
William Thackeray
Napoleon
Vanity Fair
Joseph Knight
James McNeill Whistler
Hale Jewelry Exhibition at Clausen Galleries Noted for Color and Craft
The Frank Gardner Hale jewelry show at Clausen galleries continues, showcasing bold, color rich settings in gold and silver. Pieces highlight malachite lapis lazuli carnelian and coral with a strong sense of material fit, including pendants in contrasting greens and blues and pink topaz with pink pearls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gardner Hale
Clausen
Hale
Pulitzer Resigns From St. Louis Post Dispatch
Ralph Pulitzer resigns as president of the Pulitzer Publishing Company due to continued absence from the country. F. N. Judson elected in his place. Ownership and company structure remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Louis
Ralph Pulitzer
Pulitzer Publishing Company
F. N. Judson
New York World
St. Louis
America
Pulitzer
Plan to Teach Aliens Citizenship in New Rochelle
Supreme Court Justice Keogh arranged with the Legal Aid Society of New Rochelle for a citizenship class at the society’s Main Street headquarters. The effort aims to teach foreigners in Westchester County the qualifications to become U S citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Supreme Court
Keogh
Westchester County
United States
Legal Aid Society of
New Rochelle
Main Street
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Corneille
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le Cid
Henri III
Graille
Logue
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Clovis Eve
Catherine of Aragon
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Grolier
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de Thou
Richelieu
Longepierre
Derome
le Gascon
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Roger Payne
Naples
Clovic
Alessandro Farnese
Charles VIII
Lord Rosebery
Yorktown
Cornwallis
Arnold
Oorte
Reques
Fifth Ave
39Th Street
New York City
Amherst Sale
J. P. Morgan
Gardner
E. C. Chadbourne
Lord Currie
Prince Scotto
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Kowas StEat
Sereck
West
125Th Street
Columbus
Nassau Street
Johnnie Street
Brookl - 5
Alcea
Sanday
Land Day
S. Landay
Landay
Victor Taking Machines Distributors
Tiffany's
West 34Th ST
McCreery’s
Sfoaf
Griiae
Henrik Ibsen
the Man
Montrose J. Moses
Mitchell Kennerley
East 29Th Street
Éa Canal
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