Sentence examples for a precious collection from inspiring English sources

The documents, he said, are a precious collection of books and manuscripts written by seven generations of Chabad leaders, including most recently Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, for whom the collection is named.

It was at this time that he made the acquaintance of the art dealers Jean and Pierre-Jean Mariette, in whose shop he admired a precious collection of drawings and engravings, including some by the etcher Jacques Callot.

One of those ancient monuments is the Big Wild Goose Pagoda – Xi'an's most sacred monument – which was built in 652 by the monk Xuanzang, who travelled across India for 18 years and returned with a precious collection of Buddhist sacred texts.

Like every other artist and writer on art I know, I have a precious collection of crumbling, yellowing old books and magazines about art on my bookshelves.

For now, alas, there is only the legacy of Orchestra Mozart's recordings - a rare and precious collection in any case (including Abbado's first-ever recordings of a Schumann symphony, a radiant performance of the Second, as well as luminous Mozart symphonies and concertos, and a magnificent set of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos); let's hope there can somehow be more in the future.

Among Burckhardt's minor publications, a small but precious collection of poetry in the Alemannic dialect may be noted: E Hämpfeli Lieder (1853; "The Jumping Jack Songs").

There grew a small and precious collection of masterpieces and near-masterpieces - two more quartets, three concertos and a set of orchestral variations - each one further refining his technique and personalising his ways of controlling the musical material.

Senate House Library now has a wonderful opportunity: withdraw the folios from auction, and start planning for an exhibition to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death in 2016, with a physical and digital display of their precious collection of Shakespeare texts.

"These sculptures were commissioned and created for everybody and have become a precious national collection of art which we can all share," he said.

We have a precious, limited collection of recorded narratives from formerly enslaved people.

Although Prof Hadley runs a large cocoa research programme within the university, the ICQC's precious collection is largely in the hands of "two very green-fingered technicians", he said.