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Leaf from Dryden's translation of Virgil, 1697

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 49
Identifier: Item 49
Scope and Contents

A leaf from Dryden's translation of Virgil, published by Jacob Tonson in 1697 at London. Dryden worked on his translation of Virgil for three years. The recto side os marked 307 and the verso side is marked 308.

Dates: created: 1697
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 49

Folder 50

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 50
Identifier: Folder 50
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
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2

Leaf from the First Edition of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary, 1755

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 50
Identifier: Item 50
Scope and Contents

From the First Edition of "Dr. Johnson's Dictionary". The full title is: "Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from Best Writers. To which are prefixed, A History of the Language, and an English Grammar, by Samuel Johnson, A.M. In Two Volumes. Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman, C. Hitch and L. Hawkes; A. Millar; and J. Dodsley. MDCCLV."

Dates: 1755
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 50

Folder 1

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
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
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2

Manuscript leaf from Candidum Puritatis Lilium

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

A leaflet from a Latin Manuscript entitled Candidum Puritatis Lilium. It was written by Julianus Antonius a Jaurigui in Guatemala and was "most worthily consecrated" to D. Aloysius Gonzaga. The calligraphy used appears, at first glance, to be very modern; though with a closer inspection abbreviations are apparent. The recto side is marked as 324; the verso side is marked as 325.

Dates: 2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 1

Folder 2

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
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
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2

Leaf from early legal manuscript

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from an early legal manuscript; dating somewhere around 1280-1320 A.D. This original handwritten Folio leaf is of a very early codex of Canon law. The text is in double colomns and is in the finest Gothic book hand of the period.

Dates: 2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 2

Folder 3

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
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
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2

Manuscript leaf from "Sermones" of Simon de Cremona, 1434

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from a Latin Manuscript containing the "Sermones" of Simon de Cremona, and was prepared in Buxheim in the Scriptorium of the Carthusian monastery. The scribe was Caspar Misnensis.

Dates: 1434
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 3

Folder 4

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
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
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2

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