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This exceptionally rare 17th c. death notice is printed in white on black paper with a deep bite. Just ... stunning.

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Alvin and the Chipmarks? 🫣

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This little volume of Terence's plays, copied by a known Florentine scribe in the late 1460s, joins a modest but growing collection of Italian humanist manuscripts of classical authors in our collection. BPL MS q Med.295 https://tinyurl.com/yx58ayf3

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A rare pamphlet on the great comet of 1556, taken by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V as a portent so dire he abdicated his throne.

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Only the second known copy (BNE) of a 1664 essay by a Spanish noblewoman, Maria de Guevara, Countess of Escalante, advising the infant Charles II of Spain on how to restore the nation to a leading role in European affairs, and arguing for an equal role for women in political matters.

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14 issues from 1785 of a very rare newspaper printed in Montego Bay, Jamaica, providing a wealth of information about everyday life in the colony, including the trade in enslaved people. While newspaper holdings aren't as throughly documented, none of these issues is known to exist elsewhere.
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I am over the moon (sorry) about this 2' tall 18th century infographic about a 1737 solar eclipse.
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Rare pamphlet by the biracial Haitian planter and revolutionary Julien Raimond on the rights of people of color in the French republic.
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demnächst in der #Burgerbibliothek #Bern zugänglich :) #newacq #neuzugang

Stop me if this sounds familiar--a 1787 speech warning German parents against their children reading dangerous literature from the "surging tide of books which, from [book] fair to [book] fair, inundate our country like the Flood."

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An 18th century study of the history of beards--obviously an important subject to me, but what convinced me to buy it was that it contains a section on bearded women, shedding light on the construction of gender in the period.

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Alright it’s time for my first #newacq thread for Linda Hall: Mario Guiducci/Galileo Galilei’s “Discorso Delle Comete” of 1619, in a WILD binding and on what I think is thick/fine paper… #histstm #rarebooks

A 1778 royal decree from Louis XVI forbidding interracial marriage in France.
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Early Communist-era type specimen from the (freshly nationalized) Universul state-owned enterprise. Notably, type samples are combined with propaganda imagery and short snippets explaining type terminology and processes. #newacq

A pocket (10 cm) German almanac for 1786, which distinguished itself from other almanacs with annual bonus content about foreign lands. This year features India and has a few hand-colored plates and a foldout map.
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Diptych Dial!

18th c. German, with a gazetteer including the latitude for Washington!

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Last #NewAcquisition post of the fiscal year--the first grammar of the Malay language, accompanied by a bibliography of books and manuscripts in Malay. #newacq

1555 divorce petition in Mexico city by Doña Beatriz de Herrera against her husband Doctor Juan Álvarez de Castañeda, describing his physical and emotional abuse of her.
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Cataloging a bunch of #newacq artists' books is not a half bad way to spend a Friday.

A big exciting #NewAcquisition as we’re approaching the end of the fiscal year—196 French Gothic novels (many translated from English) in wonderful condition. Shared with the Modern department as the collection straddles our 1800 dividing line. #newacq