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  1. Two 17th century English works on the use of instruments for astronomy and navigation. We collect a lot of history of science in general, but particularly scientific instruments in partnership with our colleagues at the Harvard Collection for Historical Scientific Instruments. chsi.harvard.edu/
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  2. Two 17th century English works on the use of instruments for astronomy and navigation. We collect a lot of history of science in general, but particularly scientific instruments in partnership with our colleagues at the Harvard Collection for Historical Scientific Instruments. chsi.harvard.edu/
    #NewAcquisition

  3. Two 17th century English works on the use of instruments for astronomy and navigation. We collect a lot of history of science in general, but particularly scientific instruments in partnership with our colleagues at the Harvard Collection for Historical Scientific Instruments. chsi.harvard.edu/
    #NewAcquisition

  4. Two 17th century English works on the use of instruments for astronomy and navigation. We collect a lot of history of science in general, but particularly scientific instruments in partnership with our colleagues at the Harvard Collection for Historical Scientific Instruments. chsi.harvard.edu/
    #NewAcquisition

  5. Two 17th century English works on the use of instruments for astronomy and navigation. We collect a lot of history of science in general, but particularly scientific instruments in partnership with our colleagues at the Harvard Collection for Historical Scientific Instruments. chsi.harvard.edu/
    #NewAcquisition

  6. An early dictionary of Hindustani and English. Because most copies were sent to India for use by the British East India Company, it's rare today. #NewAcquisition

  7. An early dictionary of Hindustani and English. Because most copies were sent to India for use by the British East India Company, it's rare today. #NewAcquisition

  8. An early dictionary of Hindustani and English. Because most copies were sent to India for use by the British East India Company, it's rare today. #NewAcquisition

  9. An early dictionary of Hindustani and English. Because most copies were sent to India for use by the British East India Company, it's rare today. #NewAcquisition

  10. An early dictionary of Hindustani and English. Because most copies were sent to India for use by the British East India Company, it's rare today. #NewAcquisition

  11. CW: 18th century pornography

    Originally published as Histoire de Dom Bougre (i.e., the Buggering Monk) this later edition of this oft-banned French erotic classic has the best suite of accompanying plates and is printed on blue paper for a luxury market. #NewAcquisition

  12. CW: 18th century pornography

    Originally published as Histoire de Dom Bougre (i.e., the Buggering Monk) this later edition of this oft-banned French erotic classic has the best suite of accompanying plates and is printed on blue paper for a luxury market. #NewAcquisition

  13. CW: 18th century pornography

    Originally published as Histoire de Dom Bougre (i.e., the Buggering Monk) this later edition of this oft-banned French erotic classic has the best suite of accompanying plates and is printed on blue paper for a luxury market. #NewAcquisition

  14. CW: 18th century pornography

    Originally published as Histoire de Dom Bougre (i.e., the Buggering Monk) this later edition of this oft-banned French erotic classic has the best suite of accompanying plates and is printed on blue paper for a luxury market. #NewAcquisition

  15. CW: 18th century pornography

    Originally published as Histoire de Dom Bougre (i.e., the Buggering Monk) this later edition of this oft-banned French erotic classic has the best suite of accompanying plates and is printed on blue paper for a luxury market. #NewAcquisition

  16. A sammelband of 16 pamphlets related to the French colonies in the Caribbean, including rare early printing from the island of Guadeloupe. #NewAcquisition

  17. A sammelband of 16 pamphlets related to the French colonies in the Caribbean, including rare early printing from the island of Guadeloupe. #NewAcquisition

  18. A sammelband of 16 pamphlets related to the French colonies in the Caribbean, including rare early printing from the island of Guadeloupe. #NewAcquisition

  19. A sammelband of 16 pamphlets related to the French colonies in the Caribbean, including rare early printing from the island of Guadeloupe. #NewAcquisition

  20. A sammelband of 16 pamphlets related to the French colonies in the Caribbean, including rare early printing from the island of Guadeloupe. #NewAcquisition

  21. Hand drawn illustrations of physics experiments and apparatus, presumably to illustrate an unidentified textbook. #NewAcquisition

  22. Hand drawn illustrations of physics experiments and apparatus, presumably to illustrate an unidentified textbook. #NewAcquisition

  23. Hand drawn illustrations of physics experiments and apparatus, presumably to illustrate an unidentified textbook. #NewAcquisition

  24. Hand drawn illustrations of physics experiments and apparatus, presumably to illustrate an unidentified textbook. #NewAcquisition

  25. Hand drawn illustrations of physics experiments and apparatus, presumably to illustrate an unidentified textbook. #NewAcquisition

  26. From the same catalog on comets and other astronomical phenomena (man, I could have spent so much of my budget on this one catalog), an unpublished manuscript observation of a 1665 comet by a French Jesuit scientist. #NewAcquisition

  27. From the same catalog on comets and other astronomical phenomena (man, I could have spent so much of my budget on this one catalog), an unpublished manuscript observation of a 1665 comet by a French Jesuit scientist. #NewAcquisition

  28. From the same catalog on comets and other astronomical phenomena (man, I could have spent so much of my budget on this one catalog), an unpublished manuscript observation of a 1665 comet by a French Jesuit scientist. #NewAcquisition

  29. From the same catalog on comets and other astronomical phenomena (man, I could have spent so much of my budget on this one catalog), an unpublished manuscript observation of a 1665 comet by a French Jesuit scientist. #NewAcquisition

  30. From the same catalog on comets and other astronomical phenomena (man, I could have spent so much of my budget on this one catalog), an unpublished manuscript observation of a 1665 comet by a French Jesuit scientist. #NewAcquisition

  31. Solar eclipse broadside with translated title "A true and credible account of a terrifying miraculous sign which appeared in the sun on 28 January of this year 1664." #NewAcquisition

  32. Solar eclipse broadside with translated title "A true and credible account of a terrifying miraculous sign which appeared in the sun on 28 January of this year 1664." #NewAcquisition

  33. Solar eclipse broadside with translated title "A true and credible account of a terrifying miraculous sign which appeared in the sun on 28 January of this year 1664." #NewAcquisition

  34. Solar eclipse broadside with translated title "A true and credible account of a terrifying miraculous sign which appeared in the sun on 28 January of this year 1664." #NewAcquisition

  35. Solar eclipse broadside with translated title "A true and credible account of a terrifying miraculous sign which appeared in the sun on 28 January of this year 1664." #NewAcquisition

  36. A diminutive duodecimo from 1638 on the history of temples. #NewAcquisition

  37. A diminutive duodecimo from 1638 on the history of temples. #NewAcquisition

  38. A diminutive duodecimo from 1638 on the history of temples. #NewAcquisition

  39. A diminutive duodecimo from 1638 on the history of temples. #NewAcquisition

  40. A diminutive duodecimo from 1638 on the history of temples. #NewAcquisition

  41. OK, bookseller, you had me at “unpublished account of 17th century nun’s heretical sex cult”. #NewAcquisition

  42. OK, bookseller, you had me at “unpublished account of 17th century nun’s heretical sex cult”. #NewAcquisition

  43. OK, bookseller, you had me at “unpublished account of 17th century nun’s heretical sex cult”. #NewAcquisition

  44. OK, bookseller, you had me at “unpublished account of 17th century nun’s heretical sex cult”. #NewAcquisition

  45. OK, bookseller, you had me at “unpublished account of 17th century nun’s heretical sex cult”. #NewAcquisition

  46. New fiscal year means it's #NewAcquisition time! A 1658 biography of Saint Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal, seen in the frontispiece performing her cover of Terence Trent D'Arby's "Sign Your Name Across My Heart."

  47. New fiscal year means it's #NewAcquisition time! A 1658 biography of Saint Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal, seen in the frontispiece performing her cover of Terence Trent D'Arby's "Sign Your Name Across My Heart."

  48. New fiscal year means it's #NewAcquisition time! A 1658 biography of Saint Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal, seen in the frontispiece performing her cover of Terence Trent D'Arby's "Sign Your Name Across My Heart."

  49. New fiscal year means it's #NewAcquisition time! A 1658 biography of Saint Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal, seen in the frontispiece performing her cover of Terence Trent D'Arby's "Sign Your Name Across My Heart."

  50. New fiscal year means it's #NewAcquisition time! A 1658 biography of Saint Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal, seen in the frontispiece performing her cover of Terence Trent D'Arby's "Sign Your Name Across My Heart."

  51. A very charming 18th century Persian manuscript on the wonders of the natural world. We get lots of teaching requests for our Islamic manuscripts but relatively little in the collection is at all accessible if you don't read the language. #NewAcquisition

  52. A very charming 18th century Persian manuscript on the wonders of the natural world. We get lots of teaching requests for our Islamic manuscripts but relatively little in the collection is at all accessible if you don't read the language. #NewAcquisition

  53. A very charming 18th century Persian manuscript on the wonders of the natural world. We get lots of teaching requests for our Islamic manuscripts but relatively little in the collection is at all accessible if you don't read the language. #NewAcquisition

  54. A very charming 18th century Persian manuscript on the wonders of the natural world. We get lots of teaching requests for our Islamic manuscripts but relatively little in the collection is at all accessible if you don't read the language. #NewAcquisition

  55. A very charming 18th century Persian manuscript on the wonders of the natural world. We get lots of teaching requests for our Islamic manuscripts but relatively little in the collection is at all accessible if you don't read the language. #NewAcquisition

  56. We probably won’t get *every* 17th century book on comets before I retire, but I’m working on it. #NewAcquisition

  57. We probably won’t get *every* 17th century book on comets before I retire, but I’m working on it. #NewAcquisition

  58. We probably won’t get *every* 17th century book on comets before I retire, but I’m working on it. #NewAcquisition

  59. We probably won’t get *every* 17th century book on comets before I retire, but I’m working on it. #NewAcquisition