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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
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: 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: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1551
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 41

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

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: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1611
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 42

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

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: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1611
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 43

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

Leaf from a Guide to Tounges by John Minsheu, 1617

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 44
Identifier: Item 44
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from a Guide to "Tounges by John Minsheu", and is said to be the first Comparative Linguistic Dictionary, brought out in England and apparently the first book ever sold by subscription in advance. This dictionary is compiled of eleven languages. It was printed at the charges of the author for John Browne, "Bibliopola", ie, Bookseller, London, 1617. The recto side of this leaflet is page 21; the verso side is page 22.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1617
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 44

Folder 45

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 45
Identifier: Folder 45
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 William Camden's Annalles of Elizabeth, 1625

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 45
Identifier: Item 45
Scope and Contents

A leaf from William Camden's "Annalles of Elizabeth", or more accurately from Darcie's translation from a French translation from the Latin of Camden's original work. It was printed for Benjamin Fisher in 1625, in London. The body of the page is roman type, using italics as an accessory. Though it was printed a quarter of a century after Queen Elizabeth's death, the book has an Elizabethan flair to it. This leaflet is marked 127 on the recto side and 128 on the verso side.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1625
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 45

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