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The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the first twenty years: an anniversary catalogue / Ralph W. Franklin
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REF.EC.2303
[60] pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 double) : facsimiles, map (on double plate) ; 27 cm.
1983
Catalogue published to accompany an exhibition commemorating the first twenty years of Yale's Beinecke Library, containing descriptions of 115 highlights from the collection along with 11 illustrations.
Items covered include Greek and Latin manuscripts, tarot cards, pattern books, bibles, prayer books, maps, Tibetan books and manuscripts, Native American documents, and a dictionary, along with books and manuscripts by authors including Goethe, Schiller, Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, and William Blake, among others.