#18c

FYI 🗃️ In 1755, John Colcroft wrote to Lord Ilchester (Stephen Fox, the older brother of Henry Fox) predicting stock market fluctuations based on the anticipated war with France (the Seven Years' War). ADD MS 51349, f. 21 I reckon some things have continuity with the uber wealthy.

The oldest science fiction book at the Merril from 1708 #rarebook #sff #tpl

'Ô muse, dis moi l' homme aux mille tours' is the first line of the first translation of the Odyssey by a woman, Anne Dacier in 1716. She had previously translated the Iliad in 1699. And she got involved in a controversy, much like the current Nolan vs Wilson one #QuerelleD'Homer

Sometimes people with shared interests speak different languages. Last week I read the new Theory & Methodologies section on Victorian studies in PMLA with huge interest, especially @emilysteinlight.bsky.social and Josephine McDonagh's pieces on on US and UK scholars' ambitions for the field at +

incredible discovery here: the 1762 original of the ha ha ha yes sicko cartoon courtesy of thomas waters new book “Magic”

1 year fixed post, £36k, at British Museum working on their eighteenth-century collections. #18thC bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/v...