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...

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From La Sicilia Di Filippo Paruta, a compilation of Sicilian medals. The compilation was done by Paruta and Leonardo Agostini. Paruta was Secretary to the Palermitan Senate in the 17th Century; Leonardo Agostini was the Supervixor of Antiqueties to the Pope. This work was originally published in Palermo 1612, but this leaf was taken from an edition that was published in Lyons, 1697 by Marco Maier. The engravings were done by Joannes Angelus Caninus and Sebastianus Fuscarus.