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EnglishThis collection of poetry from Québec poet, musician and actor Michel Garneau, is printed on loose leaves of paper and illustrated by Maureen Maxwell. All is housed in a leather “case” of a mosaic design, executed by artist Lise Rodrigue. This…

Blue and black poster with white text and a picture of a volcano made of several heads with red hats.

EnglishThis leather binding sports a large floral ornament blind-tooled into the centre of each cover, with double borders in gilt. Although printed in Madrid, this item contains the stamp of a bookseller in “Habana”. Is this perhaps a Cuban binding.…

Macarons contre la remise en question de la législation en faveur de l'avortement. En 1990, le projet de loi C-43 tente de recriminaliser l’avortement, mais il est défait par le Sénat l’année suivante. L’avortement devient un droit protégé par la…

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…

EnglishThis item shows the printer’s device of Jean Petit (14.. - 1533). Petit was a very prolific printer, and was said to have printed one-tenth of all books printed in Paris from approximately 1493-1530, that is, about 1000 titles. Petit also…

Cette allocution, par Imrich Kružliak et du Fonds Joseph Staško (20-002), a été écrite en l'honneur de l'évèque de Gary, Indiana, Andrew G. Grutka, à New York, 28 octobre 1979.

Diplôme décerné à Monique Frize en génie électrique par l'Université d'Ottawa en 1966.

Ce document, du Fonds John A. Ivančo, comprend un diplôme de donateurs, recueilli par l'organisme Milán R. Štefánik Literary Circle, Hamilton (Ontario), 1964