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A woodcut illustration depicts a group of people kneeling before a winged demon with goat legs, amid a landscape. The scene evokes fear and submission.

Oct 31, 2025 RARE BOOKS VIRTUAL LECTURE — BOOKS TO DIE FOR

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The Rare Books Department invites you to view its most recent virtual lecture: Books to Die for. This October has been a frighteningly busy month for the University of Utah’s Rare Books Department as we prepared for our spookiest event of the year, “BOO!ks to Die For,”...

Mar 08, 2023 Book of the Week — An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex…

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“There remains nothing more, but to shew that there are some necessary Qualifications to be acquir’d, some good Improvements to be made by Ingenious Gentlemen in the Company of our Sex. Of this number are Complacence, Gallantry, Good Humour, Invention, and an Art…” An Essay in...