De unicornu observationes novae Thomas Bartholin (1616-1680) Second edition edited by Caspar Bartholin Amsterdam: apud JHenr. Wetstenium, 1678 For thousands of years, in literature as well as in art, the unicorn has been depicted as a white horse-like animal with a long straight horn made up of spiraling grooves...
"It's a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen. The smoke and the flames now and the frame is crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring mast. Oh, the humanity...
"The first we saw of that high-toned tramp war over thar' at our Pecos camp; he war comin' down the Santa Fe Trail astride of a wheel with a crooked tail, a skinnin' along, with a merry song, an' ringin' a little warnin' gong...
"Above in sun and wind the fertile rains, Below in clamorous waters thriving fish, and fields of summer filled with living bread, and fields of autumn filled with living wine."Easter W.R. Johnson (1933-) with relief prints by Claire Van Vliet West Burke, Vermont: The Janus Press, 1970 Z232.5 J36 J639 1970 Claire Van...
"Once upon a time in the land of Hushabye Around about the wondrous days of yore I came across a sort of box Bound up with chains and locked with locks And labeled, kindly do not touch, it's war"The Box Kendrew Lascelles (1935 - 2022) Los Angeles, CA: Nash Publishing, 1974 PR6062...
Radical! A Retrospective of Twentieth Century Dissent A Rare Books Exhibition Level 4, Special Collections Exhibition Gallery J. Willard Marriott, The University of Utah March 18 through June 17, 2022 This exhibition is free and open to the public. This exhibition was originally curated in the summer of 2020 — amid...
“Souls are of no sex, any more than wit, genius, or any other of the intellectual faculties.”Biographium fæmineum. The Female Worthies: or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies, of all ages and nations. London: Printed for S. Crowder, and J. Payne in Paternoster-Row; J. Wilkie, and...
"There are women of many descriptions In this queer world, as everyone knows. Some are living in beautiful mansions, And are wearing the finest of clothes. There are blue blood queens and princesses, Who have charms made of diamonds and pearl But the only and thoroughbred lady Is the Rebel Girl...
"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." — Gabrielle "Coco" ChanelTailleurs Lenitis Paris: Tailleurs Lenitis, 1939Prior to the 1830s, the word “tweed” was only...
"I want to be remembered as a women who dared to be a catalyst of change." — Shirley ChisholmInspiring Women Portfolio: 25 Women Who Have Been True Catalysts for Change Kathryn Hunter Baton Rouge, LA: Blackbird Letterpress, 2020 N7433.4 H8655 I57 2020 Inspiring Women was created in celebration of the...
