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The George Arents Collection

George Arents Collection
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Room 328
New York, NY 10018-2788
tel: (212) 642-0110
fax: (212) 302-4815
e-mail: arnref@nypl.org

George Arents Collection Hours
Tuesday through Saturday, 1:00pm - 5:45pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

image of "la nicotiane tabac"
Prévost, Jean Louis. "La Nicotiane Tabac."
Original watercolor drawing, ca. 1810.
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The Arents Tobacco Collection, the product of over sixty years of collecting by George Arents, is a comprehensive collection on the history, literature, and lore of tobacco. More

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