Celebrating Dumas: His life & legacy
8th July - 12th October 2002
24 July 2002 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great French writer Alexandre Dumas, author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.
The exhibition “Celebrating Dumas: His life & legacy” showcased items from the Reed Dumas collection, the largest collection of books by and about Dumas outside France
Among the items on view were manuscripts in Dumas' writing, an extended letter by Dumas' daughter exhibited for the first time, the first edition of The Three Musketeers, and posters of films made from Dumas' works.
Limited edition reprint available:
Frank W. Reed and his Dumas collection by Donald Kerr.
To read more about Frank Reed and his passion for Alexandre Dumas and his works, a limited edition reprint was specially commissioned to mark Dumas' bicentenary. It is available for $19.95 from the Auckland Library Heritage Trust, c/- Auckland City Libraries, PO Box 4138, Auckland 1030, New Zealand. |
