How to really master bookshelf assets

Where are we going?

Modern bibliophiles have nothing about the gold -plated age financier JP Morgan, who understood the power of book trade wealth, long before the term entered the lexicon. His fucking of the oldest and rarest tomes in the world became so big that he needed a separate building to become Morgan Library & Museum. In honor of its 100th century, the NYC -Delstein is currently showing its latest acquisitions. Until August 17th, themorgan.org

What do we wear?

Good cover is important, but real substance speaks for itself. This has always been the philosophy of Patek Philippe, whose most sought -after offers are side by means of a purity of the design in side by side, with the complex technology inside. The new cubitus is no exception. While this slim octagonal shape is reminiscent of popular watch houettes of the Art -deco -ära, these comprehensive complications are unmistakable the 21st century.

Photographed by Allie Holloway
Styled by Dania Lucero Ortiz

In the upper picture: Patek Philippe Cubitus Watch ($ 41,240), Le Divorce de Juliette by Octave Feuillet (200 US dollars) and Thomson's poetic works By James Thomson ($ 300), with the kind permission of Argosy Bücher, (212) -753-4455.

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Leena Kim is the editor of Town & Country and reports on travel, jewelry, style, art and culture, education and weddings. She has no priors – she has been in the magazine for eleven years after she started her career at T&C as an assistant to the editor -in -chief.