The Impressive Collection of John Pierpont Morgan Sr.

This chapter discusses the collection of rare and antique books, artifacts, art, and other treasures that wealthy financier John Pierpont Morgan Sr. started amassing in the late 1800s. It mentions his acquisition of a Gutenberg Bible on vellum, as well as Shakespeare folios, signed manuscripts by John Keats and Charles Dickens, and a 1459 edition of The Man's Sultur, among other items.