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Anonymous
A vertical postcard filled with hand-drawn depictions of sea creatures in colorful markers. At the center of the postcard is a sonogram colored to…
Anonymous
A handwritten letter from a parent to their unborn child, detailing what they are most looking forward to about parenthood.
"[Casts of the Parthenon frieze] were secured in 1906 by the University Librarian, Theodore W. Koch and were originally placed in the main reading…
Ediciones Vigía
Artists' books; Cuba; 21st Century
Bartolomé de Letona
For instance, in this passage from the 1662 book Perfecta religiosa (The Perfect Nun), the Franciscan priest Bartolomé de Letona described the…
From left to right: Zoilo J. Hilario, Manuel Bernabé, José G. Reyes, Adelina Gurrea Monasterio
Pictured above are four of the books, from left to right: On the cover of Patria y redención, published in 1914, we see an oval portrait of the author…
Angela J. Cesere
University of Michigan Library
Erben Homann
This beautiful map was published by the Homann heirs, successors of the prolific German map publishing house created by Johann Baptist Homann…