Description: Lessing J Rosenwald Collection catalog of the gifts to the Library of Congress 1943 to 1975. Library of Congress : Washington 1977 Cream colored cloth hardcover with blue and gold stamping/lettering. Sl soiling to cover and fore edges Quarto 515 pp. Some tipped in plates "In 1943, at the height of WWII,Lessing J. Rosenwald(1891-1979) announced that he would donate the entirety of his graphic arts collection, as well as all future purchases, to both the Library of Congress and the National Gallery of Art. Then Librarian of Congress, Archibald MacLeish, noted the gravity of the gift and its timing. In an open letter to Mr. Rosenwald, MacLeish expressed "appreciation of [his] generous and patriotic act in transferring to the Library of Congress for the citizens of this country the magnificent and critically selected collection of books..." The Rosenwald collections came to the Library of Congress in a series of gifts, beginning in 1943 and culminating in 1980 when the entire collection was delivered to Washington after Mr. Rosenwald's death the previous year. The donation to the Library of Congress included 2,653 titles, supported by a reference library of over 5,000 books." Library of Congress
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: ROSENWALD, LESSING J
Publisher: Library of Congress
Topic: Art
Subject: History
Year Printed: 1977
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