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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

And this present collection that is about illustrated books, European manuscripts, we have...

And this present collection that is about illustrated books, European manuscripts, we have around 15,000

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And this present collection that is
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about illustrated books, European manuscripts,
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we have around 15,000.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
02:22:35
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
We have prints from around the world. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
We have prints from around the world.
Everything is started with printmaking around the 1400s. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Everything is started with printmaking around the 1400s.
There are some samples, early samples from the 1300s, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
There are some samples, early samples from the 1300s,
The first print is Albert Dürer, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
The first print is Albert Dürer,
Dürer used to sell these outside - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Dürer used to sell these outside
This is a kind of newspaper - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
This is a kind of newspaper
It's telling a story about the king of Portugal - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
It's telling a story about the king of Portugal
In 1515, a rhinoceros, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
In 1515, a rhinoceros,
And that rhinoceros arrived to, uh, to Lisbon, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
And that rhinoceros arrived to, uh, to Lisbon,
But when the rhinoceros was going to Rome, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
But when the rhinoceros was going to Rome,
There was a very strong storm in the Mediterranean, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
There was a very strong storm in the Mediterranean,
Dürer was in Nuremberg, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Dürer was in Nuremberg,
People were buying these things, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
People were buying these things,
Dürer never saw the rhinoceros - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
Dürer never saw the rhinoceros
The next one I'll show you, you know, it's a Rembrandt. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
The next one I'll show you, you know, it's a...
It's after his wife died, Saskia. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
It's after his wife died, Saskia.
Before that time, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Before that time,
And you see the print before, he's very joyful, you know, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
And you see the print before, he's very joyful, you...
Some people think that this print - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
Some people think that this print
Come on, big smiles. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Come on, big smiles.