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Excerpt from the preface of Donne's Biathanatos, describing the author's desired reader.

Cropped view of the title page Donne's Biathanatos

Close up views of the title page of Donne's Biathanatos.

Close up view of the title page of Donne's 1648 edition of Biathanatos.

Close up of "What reader I desire to have" from the table of contents in Donne's Biathanatos.

Photograph of the second part of Donne's Biathanatos, including a ruler to show the scale of the book.

Close up of the licensing date of Donne's Biathanatos, printed beneath the closing lines of the text.

Web image of an oil on canvas painting depicting William Holman Hunt

Scanned image of a graphite on paper drawing depicting John Everett Millais

Photogravure of original oil on canvas depicting Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Illustration for Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem, "The Lady of Shalott"

Illustration for Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem, "Godiva"

A depiction of the chaos which ensues after the Lady of Shalott has looked directly at Sir Launcelot. The Lady stands in her chamber within a circular loom. The partly finished web is disintegrating, entangling the weaver. The Lady stands on the…

Title Page of The Poets and the Poetry of the Century

A screenshot of the Twine program used to create the interactive tool in the exhibit on Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children's Books.

The title page for Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

Chapter One of "Carmilla" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.

Back page advertisement for pears soap company in Lippincotts magazine