LIBRARY NOTES
An exhibition of rare books from two of the Library's special collections will open in October in the exhibition space outside the Members' Room. The collection of the Reverend John Sharpe (1680-c. 1722), an advocate for public libraries, contains scholarly and theological works from Tertullian (c. 160-230) to Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715). The Sharaff/Sze Collection, from the bequest of Oscar-winning costume designer Irene Sharaff (1910-1993) and artist and writer Mai-Mai Sze (1910-1992), includes art books from the twentieth century by Paul Klee and Henry Moore.
Conversations chrétiennes (1676)
Nicolas Malebranche
"The mind is, as it were, between God and body...between that which can make it perfect and happy and that which can make it unhappy and imperfect. When it discovers some truth or sees things as they are in themselves, it sees things in God's ideas, i.e., with a clear and distinct perception of what represents them....Thus, when the mind knows the truth, it is united to God"
Pedagogisches skizzenbuch (Pedagogical Sketch-Book) (1944)
Paul Klee
Felix Klee: "At the Bauhaus we were completely isolated from the rest of the world; even if from 1923 on, people would come to see our exhibitions, it was mainly to poke fun at them....[Klee] had only a small circle of enthusiastic followers, those who could understand him. Not everyone could."
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