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The Chemistry We Use by Burton L. Hawk
Acquired in honour of Dr Kenrick Lewis
Charles Dickens and Gad's Hill Place: Correspondence between Charles Dickens, the Rev. Joseph Hindle, and W.H. Wills, 1856–1857, with Introductory Essay by F.J. Harvey Darton, and Original Drawings by Alicia Darrington
Acquired in honour of Radhe & Krishna Gupta
The WunderCabinet by Barbara Hodgson and Claudia Cohen
Acquired in honour of Peggy Garritty
Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments Under the Hand and Seal of William Shakespeare: Including the Tragedy of King Lear and a Small Fragment of Hamlet, from the Original Mss. in the Possession of Samuel Ireland, of Norfolk Street
William Henry Ireland's famous Shakespearean forgery.
Memoirs of * * * * : Commonly Known by the Name of George Psalmanazar, a Reputed Native of Formosa
A memoir published “to undeceive the world” by confessing the circumstances that led to the creation of a “scandalous piece of forgery."
The Herball, or, Generall Historie of Plantes by John Gerarde
Acquired in honour of Fred Van Goor
The Jell-O Girl at Lake Louise
First introduced in the United States in 1897, Jell-O initially struggled to find a market, so in 1904, the company introduced the “Jell-O Girl.” She was based on four-year-old Elizabeth King, the daughter of one of the advertising…
A Handful of Odes
Codex. 18 x 27 cm.
N 7433.4 V211 A6 H26 2007
N 7433.4 V211 A6 H26 2007
Personalities of Czech Photography
This series of postcards from the collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague provides a striking example of the transition from Pictorialism towards straight photography among twentieth-century photographers. The postcards were issued in…