Download or read book Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Vol. 18 written by New York Public Library and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Vol. 18: Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; January to June, 1914 Ith the removal of the exhibit on city planning, a part of the collee tion of manuscripts and rare books has been installed in the main exhibition room at the central building. In selecting the material, special prominence has been given to manuscripts which antedate the era of printed books, and to a description of these the following article has been restricted. In the method of arrangement, an effort has been made to show the history of writing and book-making by the Babylonians, Egyptians, Hebrews, and other oriental nations, and in western Europe, from the earliest times down to the Sixteenth century A. D. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.