Handwritten: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Treasures - from Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2011. 1st ed., square 4toi., pp.239, coloured plates, prev. owner's inscr to t.p., orig stiff wrapps with french flaps, v.g. condn.

Illuminated manuscripts, rare letters, sketches, documents and musical scores, by major figures in literature, religion, science, music, exploration and philosophy. From Dante's Divine Comedy to a manuscript by Albert Einstein, Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, Includes original items by Charles Darwin, Napoleon, Madame Curie, Galileo, Michelangelo, Nietzsche and many other important people. Item #94122

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