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James Lenox

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James Lenox
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Lenox, heir to a New York merchant fortune, collected rare books, including the first Gutenberg Bible brought to America, and in 1870 incorporated the Lenox Library to make them public, building it on Fifth Avenue. Access was famously restrictive at first, by ticket only. Merged into the New York Public Library in 1895, his collections form part of its rare book holdings.
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