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Detail of title page shows red and black printed text reading "Oronoko, traduit de l'anglois, de Madame Behn."

Oronoko

Aphra Behn
1745
Detail of a red Morocco binding shows wear near the spine. Partial view of the title on the spine.

Atlas de toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre

Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal
circa 1780
Detail of a printed book shows a full-page illustration on the frontispiece showing a child carrying the world on their shoulders.

Atlas des Enfans, ou nouvelle methode pour apprendre la geographie,...

1784
Detail from a printed book shows red and black text in Latin, geometrical sketches in the margins, and manuscript notations in the margins and underlining.

Ymago mundi

Pierre d'Ailly
circa 1483
Printed text shows a circular diagram below text in Latin.

Breves in sphaeram meditatiunculae

Bartholomaeus Mercator
1563
Detail of a printed book shows a colored illustrated dragons on a circular diagram with text in Latin.

Astronomicum cæsareum

Peter Apian
1540
Detail of gold JCB stamp on black binding.

Principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nation

Edward Wright
1598
Detail of a printed book shows engraved title page depicting women, ships, and animals. Text in Dutch.

Engelsch edelmans, zeldzaame en gedenkwaardige zee- en land-reizen

Eduward Meltons
1681

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