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Manuscript leaf from a Persian manuscript

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 28
Identifier: Item 28
Scope and Contents

A leaf from a Persian manuscript of the early Seventeenth Century, viz., the Sháhnáma of Firdausi, the longest poem in the Persian language. The calligraphy is in the style known as Shekasteh Nastaliq.

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 / Folder 28

Folder 29

 File — Box: 3, 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 3

Italian manuscript leaf by Perlone Zipoli

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 29
Identifier: Item 29
Scope and Contents

An Italian manuscript leaf from the Seventeenth Century by "Perlone Zipoli". The name is an anagram under which Lorenzo Lippi hid his authorship. The recto side of the leaflet has two paragraphs; the first marked 21, and the second marked 22. The verso side is similar; but the two paragraphs are marked 23 and 24.

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 / Folder 29

Folder 30

 File — Box: 3, 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 3

Leaf from the New Testament in English, 1600

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 30
Identifier: Item 30
Scope and Contents

From the New Testament in English, printed in Antwerp, 1600 by Daniel Verliet. The leaflet shown is from a second edition. The recto side of the leaf is marked as 717 and the verso side is marked as 718.

Dates: created: 1600
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 3 / Folder 30

Folder 31

 File — Box: 3, 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 3

Leaf from the Justinian Code, 1602

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 31
Identifier: Item 31
Scope and Contents

A leaf from the "Justinian Code", Ex Officina Vignoniana in St. Gervais near Paris, 1602. The leaflet has two columns per page; each column is marked with a page number. The recto side has the columns marked as 81 and 82; the verso side has columns marked as 83 and 84.

Dates: created: 1602
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 3 / Folder 31

Folder 32

 File — Box: 3, 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 3

Leaf from the first King James Bible, 1612

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 32
Identifier: Item 32
Scope and Contents

From the first King James Bible in a popular edition. It was published and printed by Robert Barker, the King's printer in London, 1612.

Dates: created: 1612
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 3 / Folder 32

Folder 33

 File — Box: 3, 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 3

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