DokyLionOct 10

I bought a new shirt. Do you like it?

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John OverholtOct 8
I just bought our second copy of a not very interesting devotional book, because it shows something that is interesting. It was a presentation copy to a nobleman, so to remove any hint of vulgar commerce the publisher pasted a slip over the price on the title page and then stamped a row of ornaments to disguise it further.
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John OverholtOct 8

One of the rarest works by the transgender pioneer the Chevaliere d'Eon, shortly after negotiating a return to France from exile on the condition that she be able to live openly as a woman.

It's a sign of the times that the bookseller said he was pleased to hear that I was still interested in acquiring books about her despite the current political climate.

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John OverholtOct 3
One of the earliest Dutch accounts of Guyana and Suriname, with a real grabber of a frontispiece. #NewAcquisition
John OverholtSep 10
A German translation of an Anne Radcliffe gothic novel, with some lively pastepaper endsheets.
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John OverholtSep 5
A #NewAcquisition for my 2028 exhibition "Beach Reads: The Literature of Shipwreck", a Dutch "Robinsonade" from the popular 18th century genre of works inspired by Robinson Crusoe.
John OverholtJul 31
This 3-volume English novel was thought to survive only in a German translation and a single known copy of v.1. Nine years ago I acquired the translation and I just now got the full three volume set. Houghton is now the undisputed world center for Man of Honour studies. (Hopefully someone cares, it is by all accounts terrible, but i can't resist a lost book.) #NewAcquisition #RareBooks #Libraries
John OverholtJun 10
Take a video tour of a cool #NewAcquisition with my colleague Kelly Rene Bullard. Kami no Tabi (The Journey of Paper) is a beautifully illustrated guide to Japanese papermaking, complete with an array of sample sheets. https://youtu.be/sy01BfcMwTQ?feature=shared
New Acquisition | 紙の旅 [Kami no Tabi]

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John OverholtMay 20
Library catalogue of a learned 18th century French noblewoman, married to two different Marquises. Plus an interesting note from the printer explaining a gap in the pagination.
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Show threadJohn OverholtMay 14
Ah, now I remember--this is for an exhibition on books of trades we're planning for 2027. This is a satirical print about corruption in the trades depicted; according to the bookseller's description "the tailor keeps trimmings of fine cloth for himself, the weaver siphons off yarn and replaces it with its weight in glue and starch, the miller takes the best grain home with him, and the sergeant gets his way through artifice and flattery."
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