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Box 3

 Container

Contains 85 Results:

Folder 1

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents

A leaflet from "The History of His Own Times", recto side is marked as page 61; the verso side is unmarked.

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 3

Leaf from the History of His Own Times, 1553

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

A leaf from "The History of His Own Times", by Paulus Jovius, Bishop of Nocera. It was printed by Michael Vascosanus in Paris, 1553. Typographically it is an excellent example of the clear roman type developed by Parisian printers at that particular time. The recto side is marked as page 61; the verso side is unmarked.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1553
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 3 / Folder 1

Folder 2

 File — Box: 3, 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 3

Leaf from the Works of Josephus, 1554

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

A leaf from "Works of Josephus". Jerome Froben, Basle 1554. The recto side side is marked as page 457 and the verso side is marked as page 458.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1554
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 3 / Folder 2

Folder 3

 File — Box: 3, 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 3

Leaf from Historia De Gentibus Septentrionalibus, 1555

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

From "Historia De Gentibus Septentrionalibus", by Olaus Magnus, Archbishop of Upsala. The work was first printed in at Rome by Johannes Maria de Viottis. This leaf was published at Rome in 1555 and is from the original Latin edition. The recto side is page 51 and the verso side is page 52.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1555
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 3 / Folder 3

Folder 4

 File — Box: 3, 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 3

Leaf from a rare Breviary, 1555

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents

From a rare Breviary for the Salisbury Cathedral. Printed by John Kyngston and Henry Sutton in London, 1555.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1555
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 3 / Folder 4

Folder 5

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
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 3

Leaf from a Latin version of the Bible, 1558

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents

A leaf from a Latin version of the Bible, printed at Paris in 1558 by the heirs of Carola Guillard, relict of Claude Chevallon. This version was edited by Johannes Benedictus. The marginal notes show where the Latin is different from the original Hebrew and Greek, and also gives a more literal interpretations of words and phrases. The recto side of the leaf is marked as page 249; the verso side is marked 350.

Dates: 1558
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 3 / Folder 5

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