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About this Collection. In 1943, at the height of WWII, Lessing J. Rosenwald (1891-1979) announced that he would donate the entirety of his graphic arts collection, as well as all future purchases, to both the Library of Congress and the National Gallery of Art.
- The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection - Library of Congress
Lessing J. Rosenwald, chairman of Sears Roebuck Company from...
- The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Selected Special ...
Mr. Rosenwald's assemblage of books, plates, drawings, and...
- Digital Materials from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection ...
The catalog describing the collection published in 1978...
- The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection - Library of Congress
Lessing J. Rosenwald, chairman of Sears Roebuck Company from 1932 to 1939, formed the collection over a period of nearly 40 years. He gave the collection to the Library of Congress in a series of gifts, beginning in 1943, with the final installment coming after the collector’s death in 1979.
Mr. Rosenwald's assemblage of books, plates, drawings, and engravings by William Blake is one of the finest ever brought together. Of the twenty illuminated books described in Geoffrey Keynes's Blake bibliography, the collection contains fourteen, as well as duplicates and extra plates.
The catalog describing the collection published in 1978 contains 2,653 entries, many for books represented by more than one copy. The items in this web presentation are organized by Rosenwald catalog number.
Lessing Julius Rosenwald (February 10, 1891 – June 24, 1979) was an American businessman, a collector of rare books and art, a chess patron, and a philanthropist.
Digitized Materials from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room, Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress).
The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection: a Catalog of the Gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975. Washington: Library of Congress: [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print.
