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One of the few pages in the book that contains marginalia. In Grose's preface, he refers to Mr. Lattese's entry as "23" which is crossed out in pencil; next to it, "25" has been written in. It is possible that a reader was correcting the location of…

A close-up of the publication information of the Title page from Paul Rycaut's The Present State of the Ottoman Empire.

Signature by "History of Venice" owner Robert Kitchen on title page. Dated 1672.

New binding of A Compendious System of Astronomy

Title page for George Paul's "Thoughts on the Alarming Process of the Gaol Fever" on page 65 of the book. The page is directly after the last page of Grose's text with no paper in between the two. The book was rebound in 1876 by binder Jeffries & Son…

Full view of pages 16, 17, 48 and 49 of "A Guide to Health, Riches, Beauty, and Honour." Entries contain eighteenth-century British advertisements, organized by number and topic, with the author, publication, and original date of publication listed.

Massimo Mion

Dans cette œuvre de l’artiste marocain Mahi Binebine, on voit deux portraits, ce qui n’est rien que des contours d’un visage, reposant l’un sur l’autre. On trouve ces portraits sans couleur, sans genre et sans aucune caractéristique distinctive. De…

Les migrants essayent de monter la barrière de fil de fer barbelé séparant le Maroc de l'enclave espagnole de Melilla, Réfugiés étant souciés pour par la Croix-Rouge à Ceuta