Trochi. A. B. Trochus primus, sive maculosus; C. Trochus secundus; D. Trochus tertius, sive Papuanus, ut et Trochus longævus; E. Trochus quartus, sive Labeo; Fig. 1-11. sunt omnes diversæ species Trochorum; Fig. 12. Dolium Matinum. Plate 21. From the book: Thesaurus imaginum piscium testaceorum; quales sunt cancri, echini, echinometra, stellae marinae, &c. ut et cochlearum ... quibus accedunt conchylia, ut nautilus, cornu Ammonis, & conch univalvi et bivalviae ... denique mineralia ..., 1739, Hague, The, by Georg Rumpf, Lugduni Batavorum, apud P. van der Aa,. Te Papa (RB001235/021a)

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1892117

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Keats' Lost Words Resurface After Decades Vanished

John Keats' lost love letters to Fanny Brawne from 1819-1820 have reappeared after being stolen in the 1980s. They will be auctioned by Sotheby's.

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https://newsletter.tf/keats-lost-love-letters-found-auction-2-million/

Poignant love letters from poet John Keats, lost for 40 years, have been found and are expected to sell for around $2 million.

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https://newsletter.tf/keats-lost-love-letters-found-auction-2-million/

Pretty cool.

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The strange and special books, photos and objects for sale at the NY Antiquarian Book Fair

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/the-strange-and-special-books-photos-and-objects-for-sale-at-the-ny-antiquarian-book-fair

"I come home that night empty-handed. No Yellow Bird. Not in the national libraries or in the cracked bookstores on Donceles or in the vaults of Morton Subastas."

Geoffrey Gray for Alta Journal: https://www.altaonline.com/books/a70453082/joaquin-murieta-yellow-bird-zamorano-80/

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