Adopted Rare Books
| Book Author | Title | Year | Adopted by | |
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Ambroise Paré | The works of that famous chirurgion Ambrose Paré | 1649 | Shepard B. Stone |
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Charles Darwin | On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life | 1859 | Derek Kaufman |
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Isaac Newton | Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of light | 1717 | Derek Kaufman |
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Rene Laennec | Treatise of the diseases of the chest | 1821 | Dr. Robert Homer |
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Joseph Priestley | History and present state of discovery relating to vision, light and colors | 1772 | Dr. Mary Schley |
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You will help to protect the extraordinary Cushing/Whitney Historical collection and ensure its existence for future generations of scholars and students by making a gift to this project and adopting a rare book.
We will acknowledge your generous support with a certificate, along with an invitation for a personal tour and an introduction to your adopted book.
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Shepard B. Stone: $1500.
Dr. Gerard Burrow
Dr. John Booss
Dr. Stan Simbonis
Michael Donoghue
Dr. Elizabeth Short
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