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Contains 71 Results:

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

Leaf from The Lessons of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1798

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 29
Identifier: Item 29
Scope and Contents

A leaf from The Lessons of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The volume from which this leaf was taken was published in 1798 in New Brunswick, New Jersey by Blauvelt. It was put together by Andrew Fowler. The recto side of the leaflet is page 27; the verso side is page 28.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1798
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 4 / Folder 29

Folder 30

 File — Box: 4, 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 4

Leaf from the Confession of Faith, Associate Reformed Church, 1799

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 30
Identifier: Item 30
Scope and Contents

From "The Confession of Faith", Associate Reformed Church. It was printed by T. & J. Swords in New York, 1799. The recto side of the page is marked as 83 and the verso side is marked as 84.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1799
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts / Box 4 / Folder 30

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