THE books from which the following marginal notes are taken came into my possession at an auction sale in 18—. I made no formal bid for them, — indeed, no bid at all.

"Reading these marginal notes gives us the chance to stand by the desks of Renaissance scholars and look over their shoulders while they work at their trade," Grafton says.

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Review Public Journal: Marginal Notes on Wartime America Reviewed by Robert Gale Woolbert July 1945 Published on July 1, 1945 ...