Recent Acquisitions

We are pleased to announce List 20: Recent Acquisitions, containing items in a variety of fields, including history, literature, travel and science.

Highlights include an early English edition of Exquemelin’s Bucaniers of America, the first English translation of Sparrman’s account of Cook’s second voyage, an important collection of medical works by John Mayow, and a scarce and eccentric work on the sounds of language and music by the perpetual curate of Wormegay.

You can read or download the list in PDF format here.

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