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Poems by the late William Cowper
The fore-edge painting on the Cary Collection's Poems by the late William Cowper show the poet at work in his garden at Orchard Side in Olney, Buckinghamshire, in the company of one of his pet rabbits, either Puss, Tiney, or Bess.
Cover of Molina's Aquí comiença un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana.
An image of the cover of Alonso de Molina's 1555 Aquí comiença un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana.
Title page of Molina's Aquí comiença un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana
An image of the title page of Alonso de Molina's 1555 Aquí comiença un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana.
Binding of Molina's Aquí comiença un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana.
An image of the binding of Alonso de Molina's 1555 Aquí comiença un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana.
A B page from Molina's Aquí comiença un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana.
An image of a page from Alonso de Molina's 1555 Aquí comiença un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, showing dictionary entries starting with B.
An E page from Molina's Aquí comiença un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana.
An image of a page from Alonso de Molina's 1555 Aquí comiença un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, showing dictionary entries starting with E.
Wells Acorn Press
An image of a Wells style Acorn press.
Tufts Acorn Press
An image of a Tufts style Acorn press.
Specimens of the Early English Poets.
Each of the Cary Collection's three volumes of George Ellis' Specimens of the Early English Poets has a fore-edge painting showing a foxhunting scene with some sort of comic mishap. Here a rider has flipped over this horse. Let's hope he wasn't…
The Life of Mrs. Godolphin
A fore-edge painting of Windsor Castle adorns this edition of John Evelyn's biography of Margaret Blagge Godolphin (1652-1678), a courtier in King Charles II court known for her extraordinary beauty.