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The Rosenbach Museum & Library
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Pennsylvania reputed for its museums is a must see for visitors. There are several museums in this region all of which have a great collection of arts and artifacts. The Rosenbach Museum & Library is the museum which has collection of manuscripts of British, Irish and American writers. This museum and library is adjusted in two 19th century townhouses located at 2008 and 2010 Delancey Place in Philadelphia. Named after the two brothers Philip Rosenbach and his younger brother Dr. A. S.W. Rosenbach, The Rosenbach Museum & Library has collections of their valuable books and manuscripts. The brothers were the owners of the Rosenbach Company which was later recognized as one of the leading dealer of books, manuscripts and arts. If you want to know more about the Rosenbach Museum & Library then you have to spend some more time with us.
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If you are a book lover, then you can have pass a great time over here glossing through Tonson's copy of Milton's Paradise Lost, Thomas Gray's letters, manuscript of James Boswell's Life of Johnson and manuscripts of Robert Burns. You can also find work of the great stalwarts of the 19th and 20th centuries. The manuscripts of Walter Scott, William Wordsworth, Charles Lamb, Shelley and Keats in one shelf. While you can also find rare items such as Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat and Omar Khayyam. If you are a fan of Charles Dickens you can get to see the manuscripts of Nicholas Nickleby and the Pickwick Papers. The manuscript of Alice in Wonderland and certain other letters of its author, Lewis Caroll can be found here. Oscar Wilde, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad and Dylan Thomas with their works also find a place in the Rosenbach Museum and Library.
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