EditorialA miniature almanac created in the 1770s, with a decorative case carved and painted to look like a bread roll; part of the “Building the Book from the Ancient World to the Present Day” exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York, on Nov. 30, 2022. (Jeen
EditorialAn illustration of London’s Strand Union Workhouse, built in the 1770s, which inspired the novel “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens. (Patrick Arrasmith/The New York Times)