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A members’ booklet for the Book Society and a promotional flyer. from the Centre for Ephemera Studies; Lettering, Printing and Graphic Design Collections; Department of Typography and Graphic Communication, University of Reading. With thanks to Emma Minns

The Battle for Britain’s First Book of the Month Club

A ship departs Lisbon for Brazil, 1593. John Carter Brown Library. Brown University. Public Domain.

Portugal: The First Global Empire

‘View of the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye’, 18th-century engraving. Rijksmuseum. Public Domain.

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Map of the Isthmus of Darien ‘where ye Scots West India Company were setteled’, 1699. ©John Carter Brown Library.

Scotland’s Darien Scheme

The body of Richard III, King of England, found on the battlefield of Bosworth, 1485, by Charles Rochussen, 1866. Rijksmuseum.

Was Richard III a Bad King?

The love letter, by Johannes Vermeer, c.1669-70. Rijksmuseum. Public Domain.

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