Check out the list of new acquisitions in the Avery Classics Collection many of which were shown at Avery Library's Display of Recent Acquisitions 2011-2012 held May 14, 2012. […]
Category: Avery Classics Collection
Happy Birthday Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779)
Avery Library is home to many books on the decorative arts. Thomas Chippendale's book "The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director. Being a large collection of … designs of household furniture, in the gothic, Chinese and modern taste…" published in 1754 is in our Classics Collection. […]
Avery’s Architectural Novelties
Avery Library announces the launch Avery’s Architectural Novelties an online exhibition highlighting a selection of items from the Avery Classics collection that are delightfully eccentric in their treatment of architecture. One of the largest collections of rare architectural books in the world, Avery Classics counts thousands of printed volumes among its holdings, as well as […]
Avery Classics Drawing Books
The Avery Classics collection includes several beautiful drawing books among its holdings. Although most of these were made by architects, there are some important exceptions. This image shows a leaf from the sketchbook of the painter Giovanni Guerra (1544-1618), which has over one hundred drawings of scenes from the life of Judith. […]
Avery Acquires the John H. Yardley Collection of Architectural Letterheads
NEW YORK, April 13, 2012 – The Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library is pleased to announce the donation of the John H. Yardley Collection of Architectural Letterheads. The donation was made by Bernice Gordon in memory of her husband, Mr. John H. Yardley. Comprised of commercial stationery with illustrations of buildings in lower Manhattan, […]
Happy Chinese New Year!!
Avery Library has numerous rare books about architecture in non-Western countries. One of the more famous is in our Classics Collection: Chinese architecture, civil and ornamental from 1759 by Paul Decker. […]
Avery Library open on MLK
Please note that Avery Library will be open on Monday, January 16th with the following exceptions: Avery Classics, Drawings & Archives, Art Properties, Avery Index and Bibliographic Services will be closed. We will operate with minimal public service staff levels to accommodate researchers for the day. See our hours. […]
Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year from Avery Library! Our Classics Collection has a wonderful publication from 1903 of the Tournament of Roses which includes photos of Pasadena. Check out the Avery Classics Collection homepage for more information on using the collection. We will be closed 12/31-1/3. […]
“Greetings from North Pole, N.Y.!”
This souvenir folder of folding postcards is part of the Avery Classics collection which has over three thousand postcard books featuring American cities and towns. Intended to be mailed as souvenirs, these postcard books date from the 1890s to the 1950s and often include views of significant buildings–or charming local attractions, as the case […]
Avery Classics books in The Greatest Grid exhibition
This week marks the opening of "The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011" at the Museum of the City of New York This show features two works from the Avery Classics collection: Simeon DeWitt’s Elements of Perspective (1813) and Le Corbusier’s Quand les cathédrales étaient blanches: voyage au pays des timides (1937). Located […]