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Macaron rond gris avec lettrage blanc, violet et rose. Le Conseil consultatif canadien de la situation de la femme a créé 100 000 de ces macarons et les a diffusés début avril 1985. Ils les ont envoyés au Comité canadien d'action sur le statut de la…

EnglishPrinted 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,…

EnglishThis item has been rebound at least once since its initial binding, this being demonstrated by evidence that the textblock has been cut to fit a newer binding. The current binding is of calf, one which has been dyed green. While it is usually…

Cette affiche, de l'organisme Matica Slovenska Abroad du fonds Canadian Slovak League (CSL) (20-017), comprend un portrait du général Milán R. Štefánik en uniforme militaire, l'oeuvre du peintre A. Schwarz.

Cette affiche, de Matica Slovenska Abroad et disponible dans le Fonds Ján Okáľ (20-016), fait la promotion du 6ième calendrier oeucuménique de Matica Slovenska Abroad, publié en 1980, le centenaire de la naissance de Milán R. Štefánik. Elle comprend…

Affiche publicitaire de la Toronto Women’s Bookstore, librairie féministe à but non lucratif.

EnglishPublished 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…

EnglishLike their modern cousins still available today, almanacs contained information necessary for the carrying out of many aspects of everyday life. Their biggest asset was their portability. The item held by Archives and Special Collections is in…

EnglishWho is hiding within the lines of these two portraits in pencil done by an unknown hand? Another caricature is to be found on the verso of the endpaper. While we today might not dream about doodling on the endpapers of an 18th century book,…

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…