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English This book is a post incunabula and was printed in 1512. It shows with more abundance, almost exaggeration, the use of printed ornamental initials of different sizes and formats. Français Cette page montre une utilisation abondante, voir…

English Here we see the remnants of the leather straps that would have served to keep the book closed. More often than not, these fragile closures have not stood the test of time Français On voit ici un reste d’attaches qui servaient à fermer le…

English The binding of this work has been elaborately blind-stamped with a number of decorative tools. Note the manuscript waste visible at the top of the spine; again, materials were reused wherever possible to add in the binding process, especially…

English This is likely a 20th century rebinding of a work stemming from 500 years earlier. This binding most likely dates to the first half of the 20th century and is stamped “e stato rilegato da Campari e De Marco, Modena”: the book has been bound…

English This is a typical example of the decoration of binding using the technique of gilding. While generally ornamental decorations were applied by means of gilding irons and rolls onto the spine, here we have a something of a portrait, a…

English The binding seen here is characteristic of the style of leather bindings where the calf leather is manipulated to give it texture. In this example, the leather is stained with drops of diluted acid to give the binding a mottled look. There…

EnglishThis flyer advertises an International Women's Week Dance held in Ottawa on 11 March, 1995.FrançaisCe pamphlet annonce l'organisation d'une activité dansante à l'occasion de la Journée Internationale des Femmes à Ottawa le 11 mars 1995.

EnglishThese are lyrics for a song that was sung as part of the 9th Annual International Women's Day March in Edmonton, Alberta in 1986. There is a note that instructs that it is to be "sung to the tune of "Fire's Burning".FrançaisCe document…

EnglishThis is a herstory account of International Women's Day.FrançaisCe document constitue un résumé de l'histoire de la Journée Internationale des Femmes selon la British Columbia Federation of Women.

EnglishThis item is a booklet entitled Still ain't satisfied! It contains a walking tour of downtown Toronto with profiles on locations that were seen as oppressive to women.FrançaisCe livret intitulé Still ain't satisfied! (Pas encore…