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Contains 101 Results:

Folder 26

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 26
Identifier: Folder 26
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 Nova Legenda Angliae, 1516

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 26
Identifier: Item 26
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from "Nova Legenda Angliae", a collection of the legends of the English saints. It was printed at "the Flete Strete" London in 1516 from the press of Wynkyn de Worde. The recto side of this leaf is marked as Folio. cliiii.

Dates: 1516
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 26

Folder 27

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 27
Identifier: Folder 27
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 Hortus Sanitatis, 1491

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 27
Identifier: Item 27
Scope and Contents

From "Hortus Sanitatis", a compilation of mediaeval lore about the therapeutic properties of animal, vegetable and mineral substances. "Hortus Sanitatis" was a generic name for books of this type; this version by Johann von Cube of Frankfort was a compilation of two others with the same title that were published at Mainz in 1491. This edition by Cube was brought out by Reinhard Beck at Strassburg in 1517.

Dates: 1491
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 27

Folder 28

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 28
Identifier: Folder 28
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 Aeneis Vergiliana, 1517

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 28
Identifier: Item 28
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from "Aeneis Vergiliana" (Vergil's Aeneid), and was printed by Jacob Sacon of Lyons, dated 1517. This volume was originally in the Earl of Warwick's collection and is very rare. The leaf is marked as fo. CCLXXVII on the recto side.

Dates: 1517
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 28

Folder 29

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 29
Identifier: Folder 29
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 Las Quatorze Decadas de Tito Livio, 1520

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 29
Identifier: Item 29
Scope and Contents

A leaf from "Las Quatorze Decadas de Tito Livio", a typographical setting for a Spanish translation of Livy. This volume was printed by George Coci at Saragossa in 1520. The recto side of this leaf is marked as Fo. CCXIII.

Dates: 1520
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 29

Folder 30

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 30
Identifier: Folder 30
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 Las Quatorze Decadas de Tito Livio, 1520

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 30
Identifier: Item 30
Scope and Contents

A leaf from "Las Quatorze Decadas de Tito Livio", a typographical setting for a Spanish translation of Livy. This volume was printed by George Coci at Saragossa in 1520. The recto side of this leaf is marked as Fo. CCLXVIII.

Dates: 1520
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 2 / Folder 30

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