Belle da Costa Greene's Bookplate Tote Manuscripts from the dark seductions of

from the dark seductions of Francisco José de Goya and Albrecht Dürer to the elegant paean to the magickal feminine as re-imagined by the Surrealist circle of Remedios Varo

who appreciated the return to nature and artisanal quality that Morris championed

Simply pull gently on the string and watch your dragon flap it's wings

One of the first naturalists to observe live insects directly

From Ansel Adams to Piet Zwart

Belle da Costa Greene's Bookplate Tote Manuscripts from the dark seductions ofBelle da Costa Greene, librarian and the Morgan Library's first director, was not shy on expressing her love of books through the titles she acquired for the library, her personal collection and especially as she described in personal and professional correspondence. Here, a bookplate that she often used, features a sentence in French "Un livre est un ami qui ne change jamais" that translates in English to "A book is a friend that never changes".