J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library: Building the Bookman’s Paradise Medieval Money

J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library: Building the Bookman’s Paradise Medieval MoneyWinner of the 2025 Victorian Society Book Award This beautifully illustrated publication celebrates the first ever restoration of the exterior of J. Pierpont Morgans Librarythe historic heart of the Morgan Library & Museum. In 1902, J. Pierpont Morgan (18371913) commissioned architect Charles Follen McKim of the firm McKim, Mead & White to design a freestanding library next to his home on East 36th Street in New York. Filled with the financiers

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Originally published in 1883 to 1884

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Through an artist biography and six chapters devoted to his oeuvre by Jennifer Tonkovich

these envelope poems are charged with a special poignancy—addressed to no one and everyone at once

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Face fine details with confidence using Mont Marte’s technical drawing pens set

Pierpont Morgan’s Library—the historic heart of the Morgan Library & Museum

This book sheds light upon the connections between her art

500 works from his collection now in the museum

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