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Aristotle on all fronts: Four 18th century editions bound in one volume...
Bound in first:. Aristotle’s Compleat Master-piece. In three parts dispaying the secrets of Nature in the Generation of Man [...] to which is added a treasure of Health; or the Family Physician....
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Abraham Ortelius presents a book
Inscribed at foot of titlepage: Pietate & humanitate venerabli D[omi]no, D[omino] Francisco Superantio Abraham Ortelius dono mittebat. [Abraham Ortelius has sent forth this gift to Lord Francesco...
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A Rhapsody of early British Ephemera: 361 General items and 416 Book Trade :...
For details about Boulter’s Museum see “Notes on an Eighteenth Century Museum at Great Yarmouth “Museum Boulterianum” and on the Development on the Modern Museum” by Thomas Southwell in The Museums...
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Dr. Benjamin Franklin’s Advice to Bathers (1819)
Frontispiece to The Art of Swimming (London: John Bailey, [1819]). Call number: Ex 4244.361. ❧ Captions of vignettes: To Swim Backwards; To Carry the Left Leg in the Right Hand; On the Manner of...
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A Binding by Thomas Krüger 1580
Full length portrait of Philip Melanchton. ‘Modern impression’ print acquired by the British Museum in 1867, of panel signed and dated: T.K. 1563., viz., Thomas Krüger, Wittenberg bookbinder. British...
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Hercules and the Nemean Lion • Lyons, 1490
Woodcut on leaf A1 of Raoul Lefèvre Le Recueil des histoires de Troyes (Lyons: Michel Topié and Jacques Heremberck, 10 Oct. 1490). Goff L-114. [Call number (ExI) Item 6921096]. One of nearly 100...
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What the ’L : an Historiated Initial from the 1540s-1550s
This historiated initial ‘L’ appears at the beginning of the edition of Livy’s Decades published by Johann Herwagen in Basel in September 1555. While depictions of playful putti were an established...
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WHAT COULD BE BETTER? Pairing and Comparing the Scheide and Kane Copies of...
Question: What could be better for the study of early printed books than examining a copy of a rare 15th-century edition? Answer: Examining two copies of a rare 15th-century edition. Thanks to...
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Teaching the SLAVE SHIP
Like many, I first saw this image in my childhood, and I have never forgotten it. However, in retrospect, I do not believe that I was taught the history behind the image correctly – at least, not the...
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What is the language of the text on this page?
Quiz: What is the language of the text on this page? A) German B) Latin C) Chinese D) Turkish This rare book was brought to our attention by Professor Matthew Grenby of the University of Newcastle,...
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