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The front flyleaf has an elaborate inscription that is quite illegible due to its flamboyant handwriting. We do see the initial sentence “Souvenir de Pierre Grospin, dit le vieux grognard à M. Ballard.” These novellas parodying the bacchanalian seem…

A memo sent out by the Anti-Racism Work Group about their services.

Black and White drawing of three women showing postural changes due to osteoporosis

This work by Amelot de la Hussaie was part of the personal library of marquis Jean-Jacques Costard de Brussard, who hailed from Normandy and was a musketeer. This ex-libris from the end of the 18th Century reminds us that collecting ex-libris…

This item has been rebound at least once since its initial binding, this being demonstrated by evidence that the text block has been cut to fit a newer binding. The current binding is on calfskin which has been dyed green. While it is usually morocco…

This exquisite example of a mark of ownership is not even that of a book owner but that of a bookseller in Glasgow, Scotland, who had this item for sale in their shop. This practice ensured that this item could be traced back to its original point of…

A flyer with information about a demonstration against racism and police violence and a joint statement of the Ad Hoc Women's Coalition against Racist and Police Violence

The design here imitates that of a peacock’s fanned tail. After one has deposited the colours on the thickened solution of water and used the comb to create the first series of designs, one then uses a stylus to refine the design. The marbler is…

The photograph shows a general view of audience in the University of Toronto's Convocation Hall attending the 1978 International Women's Day (IWD) rally, in Toronto.

Texte de présentation d'Helen Levine lors de la remise d'un prix, le Prix Femmes de mérite.