‘The Circulating Library’ personification illustration by George Spratt. Printed by Printed by G. E. Madeley and published by C. Tilt, Fleet Street, London ca. 1830.

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📜 Image: First page of La Celestina, publ. Juan Jofre, Valencia, 1514
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Sun, moon, and stars ✨ illustration from Konrad von Megenberg’s ‘Buch der natur.’ Augsburg: Johannes Bämler, second ed, 1478.

I saw this book at McGill Rare Books and Special Collections.

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