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Black button with pink lettering and design: 3 woman's symbols with a silver lightning bolt across them, "Dykes in the streets".

Women protesters hold signs decrying the outcome of a Supreme Court ruling concerning the status of an Indigenous woman.

Elsevier, perhaps the most well-known name in electronic publishing today, takes it name from the much earlier and, perhaps, comparably successful Dutch printing house. It is renowned for its meticulous printing and a series of duodecimal format…

This particular motif was the most popular in the 18th century. With this text dating to the mid 16th century, we have clear example of the time lags that can occur between a book’s date of printing and it's binding. This work may have also been…

The endleaves of this book house a text on the wars of religion which occurred during the reign of Henri IV, specifically on the war that was titled the “Guerre des trois Henri” in 1585. The text speaks primarily of the Huguenots.

A further example of paste paper where the colour scheme has been generated by the “pulled” technique. In this case, one clearly sees the “pulling” or stretching effect that the glue has undergone in producing this design. Thisexample carries an…

Here we see the introduction of gold into the manufacturing process of marbled paper. In this case, it is difficult to say whether this is an example of handmade paper or one produced mechanically given that the date of printing and the fact that the…

Celebration of Lesbian & Gay Pride Day.