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![The ryal book, or A book for a kyng.Somme des vices et des vertus. English [from old catalog][Westminster, William Caxton, ca. 1486]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0ODYvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXJ5YWwtYm9vay1vci1hLWJvb2stZm9yLWEta3luZ3NvbW1lLWRlcy12aWNlcy1ldC1kZXMtdmVydHVzLWVuZ2xpc2gtZnJvbS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/391/jpg "The ryal book, or A book for a kyng.Somme des vices et des vertus. English [from old catalog][Westminster, William Caxton, ca. 1486]")
![[Arms] State of Connecticut. By His Excellency Marcus H. Holcomb Governor A proclamation ... I designate Friday the seventh day of May next, as arbor and bird day ... Given under my hand ... this fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvYXJtcy1zdGF0ZS1vZi1jb25uZWN0aWN1dC1ieS1oaXMtZXhjZWxsZW5jeS1tYXJjdXMtaC1ob2xjb21iLWdvdmVybm9yLWEtcHJvY2xhbWF0aW9uLTctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/61/webp "[Arms] State of Connecticut. By His Excellency Marcus H. Holcomb Governor A proclamation ... I designate Friday the seventh day of May next, as arbor and bird day ... Given under my hand ... this fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one")
![[Contemplation of sinners. [from old catalog]]Contemplacyon of synners, for euery daye of the weke a synguler medytacyon.Westminster, Wynkyn de Worde, 10 July 1499.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0OTkvMDEvMDEvY29udGVtcGxhdGlvbi1vZi1zaW5uZXJzLWZyb20tb2xkLWNhdGFsb2djb250ZW1wbGFjeW9uLW9mLXN5bm5lcnMtZm9yLWV1ZXJ5LTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "[Contemplation of sinners. [from old catalog]]Contemplacyon of synners, for euery daye of the weke a synguler medytacyon.Westminster, Wynkyn de Worde, 10 July 1499.")
![The sword and garment, or ministerial culture by Rev. L. T. Townsend. [Review of book] Boston [n. d.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvdGhlLXN3b3JkLWFuZC1nYXJtZW50LW9yLW1pbmlzdGVyaWFsLWN1bHR1cmUtYnktcmV2LWwtdC10b3duc2VuZC1yZXZpZXctb2YtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/98/webp "The sword and garment, or ministerial culture by Rev. L. T. Townsend. [Review of book] Boston [n. d.].")
![[Title page of The Illustrated Miners' Hand-book and Guide to Pike's Peak, with... No illustration, published by Parker & Huyett, Saint Louis, 1859]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTkvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi10aGUtaWxsdXN0cmF0ZWQtbWluZXJzLWhhbmQtYm9vay1hbmQtZ3VpZGUtdG8tcGlrZXMtcGVhay13aXRoLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/65/webp "[Title page of The Illustrated Miners' Hand-book and Guide to Pike's Peak, with... No illustration, published by Parker & Huyett, Saint Louis, 1859]")
![[Bible. Latin. 1476. Vulgate. [from old catalog]]Biblia Latina.Venice, Nicolaus Jenson, 1476.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0NzYvMDEvMDEvYmlibGUtbGF0aW4tMTQ3Ni12dWxnYXRlLWZyb20tb2xkLWNhdGFsb2diaWJsaWEtbGF0aW5hdmVuaWNlLW5pY29sYXVzLWplbnNvbi02NDAuanBn/40/39/webp "[Bible. Latin. 1476. Vulgate. [from old catalog]]Biblia Latina.Venice, Nicolaus Jenson, 1476.")
![[Portrait of Stan Kenton and Laurindo Almeida, 1947 or 1948]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDcvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2Ytc3Rhbi1rZW50b24tYW5kLWxhdXJpbmRvLWFsbWVpZGEtMTk0Ny1vci0xOTQ4LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[Portrait of Stan Kenton and Laurindo Almeida, 1947 or 1948]")
![[Ordinaire des chrétiens. [from old catalog]]Lordinaire des crestiens.Paris, Antoine Vérard, 1495.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0OTUvMDEvMDEvb3JkaW5haXJlLWRlcy1jaHJldGllbnMtZnJvbS1vbGQtY2F0YWxvZ2xvcmRpbmFpcmUtZGVzLWNyZXN0aWVuc3BhcmlzLWFudG9pbmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/43/webp "[Ordinaire des chrétiens. [from old catalog]]Lordinaire des crestiens.Paris, Antoine Vérard, 1495.")
