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> If you would make a speech, or write one,
Or get some artist to indite one,
Don't think, because 'tis understood
By men of sense, 'tis therefore good;
But let your words so well be plann'd,
That blockheads can't misunderstand.
 
@Bookworm open-ended list?
 
 
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Q: What's the source of the covers of this edition of the Jerusalem Quartet (Sinai Tapestry, etc.)?

EldyHere are the covers for the four books of the Jerusalem Quartet by Edward Whittemore, in one of the first published editions: I'm looking for the source of the different images used on the covers. Books 1 and 3 images look like medieval engraving. Book 2 image is obviously a face from a stand...

 
 
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Q: "A New Method of Making Common-Place-Books" (1704), by John Locke

jsx97The subject of my interest is A New Method of Making Common-Place-Books, London, 1706, by John Locke. copy from Harvard College Library copy from Wellcome Library copy from Library of Gallaudet College, black and white My first question There are some "codes" at the bottom of some pages. What d...

 

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