Question: The New York Society Library has a special collection from the libraries of what author born in 1838?

<P0-S0>  He wrote the libretti for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's greatest operas, "Don Giovanni", "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Così fan tutte". <P0-S1> Lorenzo Da Ponte (10 March 174917 August 1838) was an Italian, later American opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest. <SEP> <P1-S0> The New York Society Library (NYSL) is the oldest cultural institution in New York City. <P1-S1>  It was founded in 1754 by the New York Society as a subscription library. <P1-S2>  During the time when New York was the capital of the United States, it was the "de facto" Library of Congress. <P1-S3>  Until the establishment of the New York Public Library in 1895, it functioned as the city's library as well. <P1-S4>  It has been patronized by a wide variety of literary and political figures, from George Washington to Wendy Wasserstein. <P1-S5>  Its special collections include books from the libraries of John Winthrop and Lorenzo Da Ponte. <SEP> <P2-S0> The Madras Literary Society is a learned society in Chennai (earlier called Madras), India which was founded in 1817 and in 1830 it became associated with the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. <P2-S1>  It was founded by Sir John Henry Newbolt, Chief Justice of Madras with Benjamin Guy Babington as the founder secretary. <P2-S2>  The Society produced a journal called the "Transactions of the Literary Society of Madras" and from 1833 under the name of "[Madras] Journal of Literature and Science". <P2-S3>  Most of the early members were Europeans and the first Indian to be admitted was Kavali Lakshmayya who worked with Colin Mackenzie. <P2-S4>  The journal ceased publication in 1894. <P2-S5>  The journal published extensive researches on geology, meteorology, fauna, flora, culture and history. <P2-S6>  Some of the major contributors to the journal included Thomas C. Jerdon and Walter Elliot. <P2-S7>  The library run by the society in a red sandstone building in the Department of Public Instruction complex in Nungambakkam is the oldest functional public library in the city and one of the oldest in India. <P2-S8>  The Government Museum, Chennai started as an extension of the Madras Literary Society library in Nungambakkam before moving to the present premises in Pantheon Road, Egmore. <P2-S9>  In 1890, a major part of the library's book collection was moved to a new building in the same premises as the museum to form the Connemara Public Library. <P2-S10>  The main library continues to exist in the premises of the DPI albeit in a dilapidated state. <SEP> <P3-S0> The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. <P3-S1>  With nearly 53 million items, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States (behind the Library of Congress), and fourth largest in the world. <P3-S2>  It is a private, non-governmental, independently managed, nonprofit corporation operating with both private and public financing. <P3-S3>  The library has branches in the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island, and affiliations with academic and professional libraries in the metropolitan area of New York State. <P3-S4>  The City of New York's other two boroughs, Brooklyn and Queens, are served by the Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens Library, respectively. <P3-S5>  The branch libraries are open to the general public and consist of circulating libraries. <P3-S6>  The New York Public Library also has four research libraries which are also open to the general public.