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EnglishThe use of marbling reaches its pinnacle with this example, with its swirling motif, which appear to be created in a “freestyle” manner. Of special note with this work is the fact that the edges of the book have been decorated using a similar…

EnglishA laced-case binding in limp parchment with no support of boards; this was likely a temporary binding. The “laces “ that are visible through the cover are actually slips or supports that are sewn into the spine to support the textblock. The…

EnglishThis item’s binding is of black morocco (goatskin), one of the many colours that this very fine goatskin leather could be dyed with at the time. Its title appears in gilt on the spine, with gilt double borders on its front and back covers and…

EnglishThis post-incunabulum, an edition of Saint-Jerome’s works printed in Basel, Switzerland, has a binding typical of the first years of the 15th century, with its wooden boards and endpapers of manuscript waste. FrançaisCe post-incunable, une…

Macaron rose avec inscription ONA (Ontario Nurses' Association) et "Working to end discrimination).

Feuillet d'information sur les services offerts par le centre des femmes d'Ottawa.

Premier numéro du premier volume de "Our Lives". Our Lives : Canada’s first Black Women’s newspaper est un journal avait pour objectif d’être une tribune offerte aux femmes noires pour témoigner de leur quotidien, échanger leur expérience, exprimer…

EnglishA typical binding for the geographic region and timeframe whence it was printed, it is likely that this binding was executed with little time lag from the day it left the printer’s studio. Parchment (pigskin) has been laid over wooden boards.…

EnglishVery similar in style to the neighbouring 1544 Virgil, this binding is also of pigskin seating for metal clasps, these now lost, visible. The covers have been over wooden boards, with hardware blind-tooled with various botanical borders, with…

Ce document, du Fonds John A. Ivančo (20-020), comprend la première page du régistre des statuts et des procès-verbaux de l'organisme Milán Štefánik Literary Circle, Oshawa (Ontario), 1935-1942.