Box 1
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Contains 46 Results:
Folder 16
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: Folder 16
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
Hebrew Bible manuscript leaf
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 16
Scope and Contents
A manuscript leaf from a Hebrew Bible. The books of the Major Prophets, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings, printed in Hebrew by Estienne (or Stephanus) at Paris in 1544.
Dates:
2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE
Folder 17
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: Folder 17
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
Miniature leaf, 1828
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 17
Scope and Contents
This leaf is from a miniature book taken from the Diamond Classics, published by William Pickering in London in 1828. The recto side is marked 209; The verso side is marked as 210.
Dates:
Publication: 1828
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
Folder 19
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: Folder 19
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
Newspaper clipping from the Evening Post, 1720-11-22/24
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 19
Scope and Contents
A newspaper clipping from the "Evening Post" of London for the days of November 22, 1720, to November 24, 1720.
Dates:
Publication: 1720-11-22/24
Folder 20
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: Folder 20
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
Horace miniature leaf, 1828
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 20, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 20
Scope and Contents
From a miniature book from an edition of Horace and published by A. Mesnier in Paris in 1828. The recto side is marked as 35 and the verso side is marked as 36.
Dates:
Publication: 1828