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Book cookies! The opening event for our new exhibition “Wise Men Fished Here” in celebration of the
The Jewish festival of Yom Kippur, a day of reflection, fasting, and atonement, begins at sundown.Co
Happy Hanukkah from GWU Special Collections! Our new acquisition, this illuminated manuscript leaf f
A jolly #shelfie to mark the beginning of this holiday weekend: William Addison Williams’s (18
Were you born a ramblin’ man? This woodcut vignette is from the title page to an early work on
This is the story of Klik and Tram, two streetcars in Saint Petersburg who separate through the day
This book recounts the history of Great Britain over roughly 1600 years, from the Roman occupation t
A glimpse into our collections on this #shelfiesunday ***#shelfie #specialcollections #librariesofin
As winter persists outdoors there’s a fantastic wonderland to explore in the warm haven of the libra
Dedicated to the doge and senate of Venice, this treatise on shipbuilding, cartography, and astronom
chrysanthemum by keika hasegawa
A ship, a train, and a collective of sage travelers circle the eternal compass in this montage of Ki
A fitting #finis for this #Friday:John Selden, Mare Clausum (London: William Stansby for Richard Me
From: Dickson, R. W., active 1805. The farmer’s companion, being a complete system of modern husband
In addition to serving as the dentist to royalty in 19th-century Europe and being an early benefacto
This piece of juvenile literature is titled “London Cries for Children” and was publishe
blueroofbooks:Victorian copy containing all of John Tenniel’s original illustrations. #rarebooks #bo
From: Godey’s Lady’s book. Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey, 1833AP2 .G56 1833
Meet Tommy Kwikstep, a curious creature “dressed in the regulation clothing of the Munchkin people,
From our Soviet Russian Children’s Picture Book Collection, here’s a page from “Sa
From: Solleysel, Jacques de, 1617-1680. The compleat horseman. London : Printed for R. Bonwick, 1717
From: The art journal illustrated catalogue. The industry of all nations, 1851. London : George Vir
From: The art journal illustrated catalogue. The industry of all nations, 1851. London : George Vir
The gentlemen depicted here are Buchsenmaister, or cannon-masters, members of a distinguished guild
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