Checking Out the Libraries.(libraries with noteworthy collections of children's book art)(Brief Article)(Directory)

Devotees of children's book art will find rich deposits of original illustrations, manuscripts and first editions in numerous collections scattered around the country. Though hardly a definitive roundup, here is a look at some of the noteworthy collections. Our thanks to Leonard S. Marcus, author and children's book historian, for his help in compiling this information.

The Cotsen Children's Library at Princeton University numbers among its collection 23,000 illustrated books and related items, published in more than 40 languages, including a 1697 edition of Perrault's fairy tales, the original manuscript for Edward Lear's Nonsense Poems and 17th-century hornbooks. …