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Valuable Manuscripts and Printed Books, 1993-11-24

 Item — Box: Christie's, Folder: 101
Identifier: Item 1

Scope and Contents

(Including the First Book from the Aldine Press [Venice: 1495]; important incunabula and early Greek printing from the collection formed in the eighteenth century by Sir George Shuckburgh; Cicero, Of Old Age, printed by William Caxton [Westminster: 1481]; first editions of Holbein's Dance of Death, (1538), Le Giroufflier aux Dames (ca. 1505); Milton's Of Education to Master Samuel Hartlib (1644); the Dutch edition of Blacu's Theatrum (1648-50); Horace, De arte poetica, manuscript on vellum (Italy, early fourteenth century); a finely illuminated Genealogy of Charles, first Comte de Nelse (ca. 1466); an important Armenian illuminated manuscript of the Gospels (1669); autograph manuscripts of Martin Luther, Phillip Melanchthon, and Jean Calvin.)

Dates

  • created: 1993-11-24

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 621 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
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Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
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