December 6, 2010 |
Mounseer Nongtongpaw
The New York Public Library has animated the first book Frankenstein
author Mary Shelley ever worked on. It's a kid's story, published by
Shelley's anarchist philosopher dad William Godwin in 1808. Shelley was
ten.






![Origen of Alexandria (c. 185–253) Homilia in Genesim, Homiliae in Exodum, in Latin, translation by Rufinus, decorated manuscript on parchment [Austria, Lambach Abbey? c. 1150–1175]. Estimate: $150,000-$200,000.](/sites/default/files/styles/category_card/public/media-images/2026-06/origen.jpeg?itok=0V_4_Lt2)



