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Folder 31

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 31
Identifier: Folder 31
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 4

Leaf from The Fables of Aesop, 1823

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 31
Identifier: Item 31
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from "The Fables of Aesop". The designs of wood were by Thomas Bewick. It was printed in Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1823 by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son. The recto side of the leaf is page 271.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1823
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 4 / Folder 31

Folder 32

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 32
Identifier: Folder 32
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 4

Leaf from Master Wace, 1837

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 32
Identifier: Item 32
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from "Master Wace", and was translated by Edgar Taylor. Printed in London, 1837 and published by William Pickering. The recto side of the leaflet is marked 287.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1837
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 4 / Folder 32

Folder 33

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 33
Identifier: Folder 33
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 4

Leaf from the Book of Gems, 1837

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 33
Identifier: Item 33
Scope and Contents

From "The Book of Gems", the Poets and artists of Great Britain. It was edited by S. C. Hall, and bears the imprint of Saunders and Otley, London. It was published in 1873. Each leaf has a poem and a repruduction in a steel engraving from an artist. The recto side of the leave is page 218.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1837
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 4 / Folder 33

Folder 34

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 34
Identifier: Folder 34
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 4

Leaf from a French Missal, 1858

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 34
Identifier: Item 34
Scope and Contents

A leaf from a French Missal; it was published Paris, 1858. This facsimile borders are reproductions of a Fifteenth Century Book of Hours, and are from J. Claye's press. The recto side is marked as page 239 and the verso side is marked as 540.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1858
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 4 / Folder 34

Folder 35

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 35
Identifier: Folder 35
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 4

Leaf from the Book of Wisdom and Lies, 1894

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 35
Identifier: Item 35
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from "The Book of Wisdom and Lies", written by Oliver Wardrop. It was printed at the Kelmscott Press; one of only 250 copies issued. It was printed in 1894, London, for Bernard Quaritch. The recto side is page 225 and the verso side is page 226.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 4 / Folder 35

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