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The Zodiac is the Special Collections Featured Book for March

Posted on March 15, 2012 by bkilmarx

The Zodiac by Bret Rohmer. 1968. New York: Brownstone Press.                                 Special Collections Stacks ** NC139 .R63 A4 1968 Title page from The Zodiac Each of Rohmer’s signs of the zodiac is accompanied by a poem. This is a limited first edition with 250 … Continue reading →

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Elegantiae vocabulorum ex Lauren is the featured Book of the Month for January 2012

Posted on January 11, 2012 by bkilmarx

  Valla, Lorenzo, and Jacobus Montanus. Elegantiae vocabulorum. [S.l.]: Michael Hillenius excudebat, 1526.  Special Collections call number:  PA 2320. V34 1526. This elegant yet highly complex octavo is actually three books that have been rebound together subsequent to publication.  The other … Continue reading →

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Weltgeschicte in Umrissen (1931) is Special Collections’ Featured Book for November 2011

Posted on November 11, 2011 by bkilmarx

Weltgeschichte in Umrissen: Federzeichnungen eines Deutschen (World history in outline.  Pen and ink drawings of a German) was first published in 1897. The book was a detailed study of world history up until the end of the nineteenth century.  The book was well received and proved to be … Continue reading →

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Sinicæ historiæ decas prima is Featured Book for August 2011

Posted on August 9, 2011 by bkilmarx

Sinicæ historiæ decas prima : res à gentis origine ad Christum natum in extrema Asia, sive magno Sinarum imperio gestas complexa by Martino Martini. Monachii : L. Straubii, 1658. 362 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Call Number: DS 741.3 .M38  Rare Book Collection Sinicæ … Continue reading →

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Battle-Fields of ’61 is Featured Book for July 2011

Posted on June 30, 2011 by bkilmarx

  Battle-Fields of ’61:  a narrative of the military operations of the war for the Union up to the end of the Peninsular campaign.  Willis J. Abbott. 1889. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company.  Call Number: E470 .A13 1889 Special Collections The … Continue reading →

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