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stained title page of a printed pamphlet with a blue cover

Calendrier pour l’année 1807

1806-1807
Detail of calf-bound book shows worn spine, embossed detail, and stamped title.

Secrete resolutien van de edele groot mog...

Johan de Witt
1717
Detail of a hand colored printed map shows text in French reading "Terre-Neuve," latitude and longitude lines, and labels over other geographical areas.

Carte reduite des bancs et de l'Ile de Terre-Neuve avec les cotes du Golf de St. Laurent et de l'Acadie

[Depot de la Marine]
1784
Detail of a printed books shows text in Latin and decorative typography.

De Aequinoctiorum Solsticiorumque Inventione

Albert Pigghe
1520
Printed document shows details of a sugar plantation with manuscript notes.

Particulars of two valuable sugar plantations, St. Kitts . . .

Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket
1828
printed list and descriptions of commodities

General orders of the government of officers in the plantations

H. Teape
1764-1805

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printed list and descriptions of commodities
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New acquisition illuminates the inner workings of the British Empire

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detail from the relation de la mission apostolica de los moxos en la provincia del Peru 1696 by Diego de eguiluz
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A Very Special Peruvian Acquisition

December 5, 2017
a detail from the book Jardin de ensayadores Queen Ensena a aquilatar, y dar el valor a la plata conforms a las leyes reales (Lima, 1639) by Miguel de Rojas Ruiz
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How Precious this Gold?

September 6, 2017

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