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An old engraving of an astronomical observatory and a tall telescope tower pointing at the moon in a starry sky.

Books of the Week — Elements d’Astronomie and Tables astronomique du Soleil, de la lune, des…

"We must believe then, that as from hence we see Saturn and Jupiter, if we were in either of the Two, we should discover a great many Worlds which we perceive not, and that the Universe extends so in infinitum." -- Cyrano de Bergerac Elements d'astronomieJacques...

21 December, 2020 / 0 Comments

A stylized illustration of a solar eclipse with a bright corona and light beam over dark, jagged mountains.

Today, Rare Books. Tomorrow, the Moon!

“Treading the soil of the moon, palpating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the pit of one's stomach the separation from terra...

19 July, 2019 / 0 Comments

19th-century illustration depicting an enslaved man in chains, guarded by two men in formal attire. The scene conveys a tone of oppression and struggle.

The American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1840, being bissextile or leap-year, and the 64th of American Independence, calculated for Boston…

“He is a traitor to his race, who does not feel that all within the circle of humanity are his brothers and sisters — that their wrongs are his wrongs, and that his cup is dashed with the bitterness which overflows from theirs. While a...

16 January, 2018 / 0 Comments