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Leaf from the Third Edition of Christopher Saur's German Bible, 1776

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 24
Identifier: Item 24
Scope and Contents

A leaf from the Third Edition of Christopher Saur's German Bible. It was printed by Saur in Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1776. Most copies of this edition were destroyed during the Revolution by soldiers who used the paper for cartrages, and in fact only ten known copies exist. The recto side of the page is marked 413 and the verso side is marked 414.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1776
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 4 / Folder 24

Folder 25

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 25
Identifier: Folder 25
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 Works of Virgil

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 25
Identifier: Item 25
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from "The Works of Virgil". It is in Latin and was printed by Andrew Foulis. This book has the imprint: Glasuuae; In Aedibu Academics; Excudebat Andreas Foulis, Academiae Typhographus, MDCCLXXVIII. The recto side has no page number while the verso side is marked as page number 4.

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 / Folder 25

Folder 26

 File — Box: 4, 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 4

Leaf from the Complete Works of Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 1788

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 26
Identifier: Item 26
Scope and Contents

A leaf from the Complete Works of Aurelius Clemens Prudentius. It has the imprint, Ex Regio Typographeo, Parma, 1788. The recto side of the leaf is marked 343; the verso side of the leaflet is marked 344.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1788
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 4 / Folder 26

Folder 27

 File — Box: 4, 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 4

Leaf from the Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1792

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 27
Identifier: Item 27
Scope and Contents

A leaf from The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was Printed in Philadelphia, 1792 by Parry Hall. The recto side of the page is marked as 215 and the verso side is marked 216.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1792
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 4 / Folder 27

Folder 28

 File — Box: 4, 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 4

Leaf from the Works of Shakespeare, 1796

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 28
Identifier: Item 28
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from "The Works of Shakespeare" and was printed and published at Philadelphia, 1796 by Bioren and Madan. The version was the first edition to be brought out on the North American Continent. The recto side is page 397 and the verso side is page 398.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1796
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 4 / Folder 28

Folder 29

 File — Box: 4, 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 4

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