Softcover NYPL Hunt-Lenox Globe Journal

Softcover NYPL Hunt-Lenox Globe JournalOne of the greatest treasures in The New York Public Librarys collection is a hollow copper globe, just 112 mm in diameter. This striking terrestrial globe dates to approximately 1510 and bears a strong resemblance to the Globus Jagellonicus housed at the Collegium Maius Museum in Krakow. What makes the Hunt Lenox Globe unique is that it is one of only two known instances of a historical map using the phrase HC SVNT DRACONES (here be dragons). The

The blocks fit together to form a perfect 30-sided rhombic triacontahedron—geometry's most beautiful shape

to the Brooklyn Bridge

an apt symbol for infinity

In powerful black-and-white comic strip images

Kilburn’s patterns predate Morris’ by nearly a century

But that's not the whole story

squeeze and cuddle the classic re-creations

For the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising

and track every number with these three mini notebooks featuring different paper formats: blank

Author: Ernest Hemingway

Malcolm X’s briefcase

This much-loved classic style guide’s mantra—make every word tell—is still on point