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Box 2

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Contains 101 Results:

Folder 36

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 36
Identifier: Folder 36
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 Ovid's "Fasti", 1527

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 36
Identifier: Item 36
Scope and Contents

From Ovid's "Fasti", a poem on Roman feasts and festivals. This volume was published by Alexander Paganini in 1527 in Tusculanum (Italy). This leaf is marked cxciii on the recto side.

Dates: 1527
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 36

Folder 37

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 37
Identifier: Folder 37
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 Dante's Divine Comedy, 1529

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 37
Identifier: Item 37
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from "Dante's Divine Comedy", and includes commentary of Christoforo Landino. It was printed for Lucantio Giunta by Jacob del Burgofranco of Pavia, at Venice in 1529. This leaf is marked as XLVIII in the recto side of the page.

Dates: 1529
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 37

Folder 38

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 38
Identifier: Folder 38
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 Biblia Picturis Illustrata, 1540

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 38
Identifier: Item 38
Scope and Contents

A leaf from "Biblia Picturis Illustrata"; one of the many popular editions of the Bible from the Sixteenth Century. It was printed by Peirre Regnault at Paris in 1540. Some of the woodcuts are by Iohannes Frank and have his initials; others have the initials of the publisher.

Dates: 1540
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 38

Folder 39

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 39
Identifier: Folder 39
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 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
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 39

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

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
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 40

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