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Group marching in the street carrying a 'Lesbians making history, we're interested in older women.' banner during the 1987 Toronto International Women's Day (IWD) demonstration in Ontario.

This example of mottled paper, a very classic design, displays much more modern colours, with its tones of burgundy, black and cream.

This bookplate of Fréderic Lachèvre (1855-1943), French bibliophile, literary critic, editor, and specialist in 17th century literature of the Libertines, is remarkable for the finesse of its engraving. The image of the skull resting on a pile of…

William Morris (1834-1896), product of an upper-middle class upbringing of the 19th century, was actually a socialist with a great reverence for the skilled craftsman whose output was a product of labour done by hand, rather than that of…

Leathers and parchments could be dyed so as to add colour to their external covers; they could also be painted. This third edition of the works of Olympia Morata, humanist, poet and linguist, of Italian origin, is an example of a parchment that has…

The photograph shows women holding banners, including one that reads “Femmes unisons-nous! La nuit nous appartient,” and “Le viol est un acte de haine et de mépris.”

This document, from the John A. Ivančo Fonds (20-020), consists of the Milán R. Štefánik Literary Circle's with statutes, secretary's reports and meetings' minutes, Oshawa (Ontario), 1935-1942.

This image offers an illustration of the “ex-dono” inscription. In this case, author Georges Michel, in an inscription dated December 31, 1878, has dedicated this item “A monsieur le Général Marquis d’Alezac, Premier aide-de-camp de M. le…

Published in Paris, this work does not have an ex-libris per se, but it does have a note written on the inner cover which might offer some insight into the person that owned it. The inscription reads “Il y a deux éditions postérieures l’une de…

Printed in Oxford in 1707, at the Sheldonian Theatre, which is seen in the printing device on the title page (not seen here). A travelogue of a journey through the Holy Land, the text is open to an architectural plan, which like engravings, would…