Charles Lang Freer’s Library

Seven people dressed in early 1900's japanese and western clothing

In 1906, industrialist Charles Lang Freer gave his collection of Asian and American art and related materials in a gift that began the Freer Gallery of Art. This gift included books which are now in the National Museum of Asian Art Library. Mr. Freer’s personal library enables scholars to better understand not only Mr. Freer himself but also the Gallery’s art collections and the context in which many of the objects were acquired. Mr. Freer’s own handwritten comments, notes, and marginalia in many of the items provide insights as to his personal interests as he was building his art collection.

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Cover of "Noh", or, Accomplishment

"Noh", or, Accomplishment

Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco,; Pound, Ezra,
A. A. Knopf
1917
Cover of "Ten o'clock"

"Ten o'clock"

Whistler, James McNeill,
Houghton, Mifflin
c1888
Cover of ... exhibition

... exhibition

International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers.
1905
Cover of A Chinese biographical dictionary =

A Chinese biographical dictionary =

A Chinese biographical dictionary = 古今姓氏族譜
Giles, Herbert Allen,
Kelly & Walsh
1898
Cover of A Chinese biographical dictionary =

A Chinese biographical dictionary = c. 2

A Chinese biographical dictionary = 古今姓氏族譜
Giles, Herbert Allen,
Kelly & Walsh
1898
Cover of A chronological index

A chronological index

Allen, Horace Newton,
Press of Methodist Pub. House]
1901
Cover of A descriptive catalogue of the objects exhibited in the National Museum of Arab Art

A descriptive catalogue of the objects exhibited in the National Museum of Arab Art

Matḥaf al-Fann al-Islāmī (Cairo, Egypt); Herz, Max,; Lajnat Ḥifẓ al-Āthār al-ʻArabīyah (Egypt); Cairo (Egypt). Musée national arabe.
National Printing Dept
1907

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