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Jul 15, 2019 The Sphinx on our Shelves: the Voynich Manuscript

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"The former owner of this book asked your opinion by letter, copying and sending you a portion of the book from which he believed you would be able to read the remainder, but he at that time refused to send the book itself. To its...

Feb 05, 2018 Book of the Week — Mercury: or the Secret and Svvift Messenger

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“There is no safety but by flight.” Mercury: or the secret and svvift messenger… John Wilkins (1614-1672) London: Printed by I. Norton, for Iohn Maynard, and Timothy Wilkins, and are to be sold at the George in Fleetstreet, neere Saint Dunstans Church, 1641 First edition Z103 W68 1641 This codebook has...