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Elizabeth Flesher was the widow of printer James Flesher (? - 1670), himself son of printer Miles Flesher. The Fleshers, father and son, were most renowned for their printing of Arabic texts, so it would be quite appropriate for this text containing…

This photograph shows a group of women demonstrating during the Toronto International Women's Day rally in 1978. They are at the beginning of the march and holding a banner with the inscription "International Women's Day"

This poster was designed by Beth Foster and Pat Colp to announce various activities organized to celebrate 1981 International Women’s Day in Toronto.

Grey round button with white, purple and pink lettering. The Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women created 100 000 of these buttons and circulated them in
early April 1985. They shipped them to the National Action Committee on the…

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.”

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…

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…

White button with the word violence crossed out.

Pink flyer with presentations of the event and descriptions of the three sessions (date, place, themes, facilitators)

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…