Bread Making and Baking

A rich collection of 41 rare books (1805–1921) with 5,000 pages of forgotten recipes, baking techniques, and the evolving culture of bread—from rustic loaves to revolutionary aerated bread.

Civil War History

A complete 10-volume 3,500 page photographic history from 1911, featuring thousands of rare battlefield images and firsthand accounts from Union and Confederate officers.

Early Baseball Archive

A 71-volume deep dive into the sport’s formative years (1885–1922), with 11,770 pages of rare manuals, rulebooks, and player guides—revealing how America’s pastime was taught, played, and mythologized before the modern era.

Encyclopædia Britannica

A sweeping 32,000-page window into a world on the brink of modernity—capturing the last echoes of tradition and the first sparks of electricity, aviation, psychology, and medicine.

Fine Arts Collection

A breathtaking digital gallery of 16,800 museum-quality artworks—featuring over 1,000 artists from Da Vinci to Degas, spanning continents, centuries, and every major artistic movement.

Gardening Archive

A 40,000+ page treasury of 142 books (1759–1922) chronicling centuries of organic gardening wisdom—seed-saving, composting, pest control, and landscape design, all before modern chemicals

Popular Science Archive

23,000 pages of scientific thought, invention, and debate from 1872 through the early 20th century. This archive reveals how society confronted electricity, evolution, and industrial change—capturing the moment science became part of everyday life.

Ultimate Violin Library

88 rare books. 18,000 pages. A legacy of craftsmanship and performance spanning 1852 to 1922. This archive preserves original methods, materials, and insights that shaped generations of violin makers and musicians.

Vintage Catalogs

A time-traveling trove of 5,100+ pages from 17 original store catalogs (1875–1946), packed with hats, toys, medicines, and marketing quirks that reveal how everyday life was sold across seven decades.

Vintage Maps Collection

A stunning collection of 2,000+ high-resolution historical maps—exploring ancient cities, forgotten borders, and the cartographic imagination that shaped how people saw the world.

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FREE RECORDER SHEET MUSIC

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​Here is a collection of free Recorder sheet music in PDF format for download.
Now it’s easy to find music for that home concert!

Recorder and Continuo
Anonymous  –  Sonata No. 41
Bellinzani, Paolo Benedetto  –  Recorder Sonata
Bitti, Martino  –  8 Recorder Sonatas
Colombani, Quirino – Recorder Sonata in F major
Dieupart, Charles  –  Suite No. 2
Galliard, Johann Ernst  –  Flute Sonata, Op. 1, No. 2
Handel, George Frideric  –  Recorder Sonata, HWV 362
Leo, Leonardo  –  Sonata No. 5
Pepusch, Johann Christoph  –  Recorder Sonata, Op 2a, No. 2
Sieber, Ignazio  –  Sonata No. 3

Recorder and Keyboard
Bach, J.S.  –  Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Boyce, William  –  Voluntary No. 2 
Chédeville, Nicolas  –  Sonata, Op. 7, No. 1
Desmarets, Henry  –  Passacaille
Flotow, Friedrich von  –  Ach, so from, ach, so traut
Gounod, Charles  –  Melodies from Faust
Handel  –  Recorder Sonata No. 5
Marks, Berthould  –  Melodies from Figaro
Schubert, Franz  –  Moment Musical

Recorder Duets
Barre, Michel de la  –  Septième suite 
Beethoven, Ludwig van  –  3 Duos for Clarinet and Bassoon
Blavet, Michel  –  6 Sonatas
Bordet  –  The Hunt
Finger, Gottfried  –  3 Sonatas, Op. 2
Jenkins, John  –  3 Pieces for 2 Recorders
Loeillet J.B.  –  Sonata for 2 recorders
Obrecht, Jacob  –  Kanon

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