Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Rare Books, Manuscripts & Archival Collections
Rare book firm specializing in retrospective publications. We actively buy, sell and rare place rare books, archives, and significant works on paper.
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Archival Collections
Rare book firm specializing in retrospective publications. We actively buy, sell and rare place rare books, archives, and significant works on paper.
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Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
March 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
Delightful art-deco Ex libris bookplate of Yaroslav Skrypnyk featuring a tryzub, the Ukrainian coat-of-arms.
February 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Delightful art-deco Ex libris bookplate of Yaroslav Skrypnyk featuring a tryzub, the Ukrainian coat-of-arms.
A lovely street mural of Ivan Franko from my visit to Lviv in the Fall of 2023. Thinking of my Ukrainian friends and family on what is the grim third anniversary of the invasion.
February 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A lovely street mural of Ivan Franko from my visit to Lviv in the Fall of 2023. Thinking of my Ukrainian friends and family on what is the grim third anniversary of the invasion.