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EnglishAn ex-libris embossed on a leather over was one way of indicating ownership of a book. In this example, however, we do not see a familial coat of arms, as can be seen in image no.8, but the “Quebec Library” choosing to simply spell out its…

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…

Extrait de documents produits par les Nations Unies à l'occasion de la Conférence internationale des femmes qui s'est tenue à Mexico du 19 juin au 2 juillet 1975.

Ce pamphlet, du fonds Joseph Staško (20-002), comprend le program de la cérémonie du prix Milán R. Štefánik décerné à Emanuel T. Böhm, chez l'institut Ukrainian Institute of America à New York (New York), le 27 avril 1986

"Protest Party", article from "The Pedestal", Volume 2, Issue 10, p.3.

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…

Premier numéro du journal "Québécoises Deboutte!" publié en novembre 1971 à Montréal, par les militantes du Front de Libération des Femmes du Québec (FLF). Le FLF pose les bases du féminisme radical au début des années 1970 au Québec. Cependant, il…

Materials from CWMA collection on Radio Shack Boycott (1979-1980)

EnglishThis manuscript has a relatively simple outer binding, but its interior is decorated with paper embossed in gold, probably dating to the 20th century. FrançaisCe papier décoré a probablement été fabriqué de façon industrielle. Le motif de…

EnglishIn this work and in others, we see very fine lines in red that delineate different spaces on the page for the printed text. This work carries over the medieval practice used by manuscript copyists, that is, the ruling of spaces in the text in…