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Folder 18
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: Folder 18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Pages from the Past leaf books were sold as six different collections with three different releases (18 total sets were sold in editions of varying numbers) between 1964-1966. These were all compiled and sold by the Washington DC-based dealer, Alfred W. Stites of Foliophiles, Inc., who had dismembered original printings and manuscripts specifically for the purpose of selling them in these "portfolio sets", as he referred to them. Western Michigan University Libraries is one of a number of...
Dates:
2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE
Illuminated Persian manuscript leaf
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 18
Scope and Contents
From early 18th century illuminated Persian manuscript. The leaf's inscription is in double columns, surrounded by gold borders consisting of gold and red flowers. The leaf is tinted in soft colors. The text of the manuscript is comprised of Persian peoms and epics. Persia CA. 1680-1720.
Dates:
2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE