{"product_id":"the-magic-of-handwriting-the-pedro-corra-do-lago-collection-9783836574389","title":"The Magic of Handwriting. The Pedro Corra do Lago Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eHandwriting works magic: it transports us back to defining moments in history  creativity  and everyday life and connects us intimately with the people who marked the page. For nearly half a century  Brazilian author and publisher Pedro Corra do Lago has been assembling one of the most comprehensive autograph collections of our era  acquiring thousands of handwritten letters  manuscripts  and musical compositions as well as inscribed photographs  documents  and drawings. From an 1153 parchment signed by four medieval popes to a 2006 thumbprint signature by physicist Stephen Hawking  the items illustrated here span nearly nine hundred years  and along the way bring us up close and personal with writers  artists  composers  political figures  performers  explorers  scientists  philosophers  and rebels whose actions and creations have made them legends. Rather than focusing on a single era or subject  Corra do Lago made the ambitious decision to seek important autographs in eight broad areas of human endeavorart  history  literature  science  music  philosophy  exploration  and entertainment. The 140 extraordinary selections gathered in this bookdisplayed for the first time in a major exhibition at New Yorks Morgan Library and Museuminclude letters by Lucrezia Borgia  Vincent van Gogh  and Emily Dickinson  annotated sketches by Michelangelo  Jean Cocteau  and Charlie Chaplin  and manuscripts by Giacomo Puccini  Jorge Luis Borges  and Marcel Proust. Handwriting is one of the most visceral means by which we leave tracks of our existence. At a time when so much of our communication has become utterly immaterial  this collection conveys the power of the pen to illuminate the energy  passion  vulnerability  and imagination of humankind across the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652947370037,"sku":"ByrdShop_3836574381","price":742.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9783836574389.jpg?v=1781854300","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-magic-of-handwriting-the-pedro-corra-do-lago-collection-9783836574389","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}