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![[Hand written initial page from Hannah Wolley, The Queen-like Closet, (recipe for orange pudding?) 1672]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NzIvMDEvMDEvaGFuZC13cml0dGVuLWluaXRpYWwtcGFnZS1mcm9tLWhhbm5haC13b2xsZXktdGhlLXF1ZWVuLWxpa2UtY2xvc2V0LXJlY2lwZS1mb3ItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/572/jpg "[Hand written initial page from Hannah Wolley, The Queen-like Closet, (recipe for orange pudding?) 1672]")
![Historia de Mexico [with] the Tovar calendar, ca. 1830](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDQvaGlzdG9yaWEtZGUtbWV4aWNvLXdpdGgtdGhlLXRvdmFyLWNhbGVuZGFyLWNhLTE4MzAtODIzMTc1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "Historia de Mexico [with] the Tovar calendar, ca. 1830")
![[Engraved frontispiece showing 5 cooking scenes and title page of Hannah Wolley, The Queen-like Closet. 1672]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NzIvMDEvMDEvZW5ncmF2ZWQtZnJvbnRpc3BpZWNlLXNob3dpbmctNS1jb29raW5nLXNjZW5lcy1hbmQtdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi1oYW5uYWgtd29sbGV5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/39/webp "[Engraved frontispiece showing 5 cooking scenes and title page of Hannah Wolley, The Queen-like Closet. 1672]")
![[Title page of "A Feast for Wormes" 1642 [Jonah] by Francis Quarles, and wood engraving portrait of the author]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NDIvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi1hLWZlYXN0LWZvci13b3JtZXMtMTY0Mi1qb25haC1ieS1mcmFuY2lzLXF1YXJsZXMtYW5kLXdvb2QtZW5ncmF2aW5nLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "[Title page of \"A Feast for Wormes\" 1642 [Jonah] by Francis Quarles, and wood engraving portrait of the author]")
![[William Hughes, 1872-1918, bust portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvd2lsbGlhbS1odWdoZXMtMTg3Mi0xOTE4LWJ1c3QtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/57/webp "[William Hughes, 1872-1918, bust portrait, facing right]")
![[ Letter from Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge to Erick Hawkins, June 16, 1942]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tZWxpemFiZXRoLXNwcmFndWUtY29vbGlkZ2UtdG8tZXJpY2staGF3a2lucy1qdW5lLTE2LTE5NDItMS02NDAuanBn/40/58/webp "[ Letter from Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge to Erick Hawkins, June 16, 1942]")
![A Week With Wilbur Wright [News Tribune Illustrated Edition, 17 October 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvYS13ZWVrLXdpdGgtd2lsYnVyLXdyaWdodC1uZXdzLXRyaWJ1bmUtaWxsdXN0cmF0ZWQtZWRpdGlvbi0xNy1vY3RvYmVyLTE5MDktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/59/webp "A Week With Wilbur Wright [News Tribune Illustrated Edition, 17 October 1909]")
