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Mark Samuels Lasner (born 1952) is an American researcher. He is an authority on the literature and art of the late Victorian era. He is also a collector, bibliographer and typographer. Samuels Lasner is senior research fellow at the University of Delaware Library.
About the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection. The Mark Samuels Lasner Collection focuses on British literature and art of the period 1850 to 1900, with an emphasis on the Pre-Raphaelites and the writers and illustrators of the 1890s. It comprises more than 9,750 books, periodicals, letters, manuscripts, photographs, ephemera, and artworks ...
Feb 18, 2016 · February 18, 2016. Collector, bibliographer, and typographer Mark Samuels Lasner is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press. A graduate of Connecticut College, he is the author of The Bookplates of Aubrey Beardsley (Rivendale Press, 2008), A Bibliography of Enoch Soames (Rivendale Press, 1999), The Yellow ...
Jun 15, 2023 · Mark Samuels Lasner, senior research fellow in Special Collections at the Library, Museums and Press, was awarded the University of Delaware’s Medal of Distinction on May 16, 2023, at the University’s Board of Trustees meeting for donating his $10 million collection of British literature to the Library in 2017.
Feb 9, 2017 · Mark Samuels Lasner — a longtime friend, staff member and supporter of the University of Delaware — has donated his vast collection of British literature and art to the University’s Morris Library Special Collections. Worth more than $10 million, the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection is the largest and most valuable donation in the library ...
As one of the most celebrated private collectors in the country, Samuels Lasner has more than earned the title of book lover. And now, he can add another word to his identity: philanthropist. Last June, he donated his life’s work—a vast gathering of British literature and art of the period 1850 to1900—to the Library’s Special Collections.
Collector’s Progress: The Mark Samuels Lasner Collection and its Princeton Connection. Mark Samuels Lasner, a member of the Friends of the Princeton University Library and Council, is a recognized authority on art and literature of the late Victorian era. His presentation will focus on the Pre-Raphaelites and the writers, artists, and ...
