Word: autographing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Marquis of Pescara, wearing the Golden Fleece, ascribed to Benvenuto Cellini. In the rooms, which will form the happy hunt-ing-ground of bibliophiles living and bibliophiles yet to be born, are some of the choicest books in existence, ranging from the rare incunabula (books printed before 1500) to autograph copies of books by famous authors and statesmen. Mr. Morgan's collection of Coptic manuscripts is said to be the finest in existence. To do justice to the wonders of this book paradise would take more than a volume; to attempt to catalog them is impossible. But one document...
...inspiration of the Bible, he points out: "The original autograph manuscripts which, through copies, are reproduced in the Old and New Testaments, were true, and true .because divinely inspired. . . . The words used in the original manuscripts were the actual words of God. ... 'Is the Bible true?' is the great issue in the world today, surpassing in importance all national and international questions...
...exhibits of unusual interest are Thackeray's copy of Cowper's poenis with autograph notes, and a quaint, rambling letter from Dawrence Sterne in which he solicits the patronage of a great man for a proposed continuation of "Tristram Shandy...
...jeweled and much decorated autograph album containing the autographs of thirty-six members of the German, British, and Rusian royal families has been placed in the Treasure Room of the Widner Library...
Owing to a new invention, the work of M. Belin, it is now possible to send and have delivered an autograph telegram. The sender of a telegram has only to write his message on a revolving cylinder covered with paper. Special ink is used which makes the words appear in slight relief; a delicate needle then strikes the obstacles made by the letters, is jerked upward and interrupts the electric circuit. These interruptions are all recorded at the other end and result in an exact copy of the written telegram. The machine is now being placed in all French telegraph...