Masterpieces de la Pierpont Morgan Library (3)
Galileo Galilei, 1564–1642 Autograph notes on the satellites of Jupiter, 14–25 January 1611 The Pierpont Morgan Library Purchased in 1928, MA 1064
Jane Austen, 1775–1817 Lady Susan Autograph manuscript, written ca. 1793–94 and transcribed in fair copy soon after 1805
The Pierpont Morgan Library Purchased in 1947, MA 1226
Jean de Brunhoff, 1899–1937
Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant (The Story of Babar)
Preliminary design and layout, cover, ca. 1930
Wax crayon and graphite 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (21 x 16 cm) The Pierpont Morgan Library Gift of Laurent, Mathieu, and Thierry de Brunhoff, and purchased with the assistance of The Florence Gould Foundation and the Acquisitions Fund, Fellows Endowment Fund, Gordon N. Ray Fund, and Heineman Fund, 2004, MA 6304 © Heirs of Jean de Brunhoff