Box 2
Container
Contains 101 Results:
Leaf of a German manuscript, 1551-4-3
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 39
Identifier: Item 39
Scope and Contents
This leaf is from a German manuscript. It is an anti-Catholic theological diatribe that was signed by five Protestant pastors and dated April 3rd, 1551.
Dates:
1551-4-3
Folder 40
File — Box: 2, Folder: 40
Identifier: Folder 40
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
Leaf from Matthew's Bible, 1551
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40
Identifier: Item 40
Scope and Contents
A leaf from the Fourth and last edition of the mysterious Mattew's Bible, printed at London in 1551 by Nicholas Hyll. The recto side is marked as Fol. xxxix.
Dates:
1551
Folder 41
File — Box: 2, Folder: 41
Identifier: Folder 41
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
Leaf from Matthew's Bible, 1551
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 41
Identifier: Item 41
Scope and Contents
A leaf from the Fourth and last edition of the Mysterious Mattew's Bible, printed at London in 1551 by Nicholas Hyll. The recto side is marked as Fol. xxxi.
Dates:
created: 1551
Folder 42
File — Box: 2, Folder: 42
Identifier: Folder 42
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
Leaf from the King James Bible, English Protestant translation, 1611
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 42
Identifier: Item 42
Scope and Contents
From the King James Bible, the epochal, English Protestant translation, or Authorized Version This is the famous "He" Bible where instead of saying "she", in Ruth iii 15, it says "and He went into the city". It was printed by Robert Barker in London, England in 1611.
Dates:
created: 1611
Folder 43
File — Box: 2, Folder: 43
Identifier: Folder 43
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
Leaf from the King James Bible, English Protestant translation, 1611
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 43
Identifier: Item 43
Scope and Contents
From the King James Bible, the epochal, English Protestant translation, or Authorized Version This is the famous "He" Bible where instead of saying "she", in Ruth iii 15, it says "and He went into the city". It was printed by Robert Barker in London, England in 1611.
Dates:
created: 1611
Folder 44
File — Box: 2, Folder: 44
Identifier: Folder 44
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