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A German translation of an Anne Radcliffe gothic novel, with some lively pastepaper endsheets.
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Library catalogue of a learned 18th century French noblewoman, married to two different Marquises. Plus an interesting note from the printer explaining a gap in the pagination.
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Ah, now I remember--this is for an exhibition on books of trades we're planning for 2027. This is a satirical print about corruption in the trades depicted; according to the bookseller's description "the tailor keeps trimmings of fine cloth for himself, the weaver siphons off yarn and replaces it with its weight in glue and starch, the miller takes the best grain home with him, and the sergeant gets his way through artifice and flattery."
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An extensive collection of letters, some enciphered and decoded, written home by the Florentine ambassador to the court of Henry VIII. #NewAcquisition #NewAcq

A rare publication of short essays and poems by Harvard students, making it the first poetry anthology published in the (future) U.S.
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Just a few months after becoming the first woman to earn a scientific doctorate, Laura Bassi proudly titles herself “Dottrice” above her contribution to a small 1732 volume of poetry.
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A rare print of a fencing match between the Chevalier de Saint-George (left), the son of a French Caribbean plantation owner and a woman he enslaved, and the transgender pioneer the Chevaliere d'Eon. I'm sure the exhibition was presented as a curiosity to the spectators, but I think they both look pretty cool. From the collection of the late Ricky Jay.
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1796 decree by the Viceroy of Mexico on the penalties for public drunkenness: "Women who, forgetting the natural modesty of their sex, are found intoxicated under the stated conditions shall, on each occasion up to the third offense, serve as many days in prison as men must endure in public labor."

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Binding Fail That's So Bad It's Brilliant?

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Here's a VERY Rare Book!
Dare I say.... a UNICORN?

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No, YOU'RE A Star!

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She Told You Whaaaaaaat?

Tiny framed 18th c. print of an old gossip with movable tab eyes and teeth! #interactive #premodern #popup

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Emergency Endpapers Advent Calendar?

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#December18 Day 18/24

Even the dedication takes note of them as a reason for the gift!