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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 Supervisor 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.
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- 1697-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From the "Saturnalia of Macrobius", "A new edition diligently revised and purged of infinitive errors" by Joannes Rivius. It was printed for Lucantnio Giunta by Agostino de Zanni de Portesio at Venice in 1513. The recto side of this leaf is marked LXXXV.
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- 1513-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible, published at Wittenberg in 1584 by the heirs of Hans Krafft. This version of the Bible is as famous in Germany as the King James Version is in England. The type-face used in this printing is known as "Franktur." The recto side is marked as page 186 but the verso side has no page numbers.
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- 1584-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- 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 cartridges, and in fact only ten known copies exist. The recto side of the page is marked 413 and the verso side is marked 414.
- Date Created:
- 1776-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- A leaf from a Latin Manuscript entitled Candidum Puritatis Lilium. It was written by Julianus Antonius a Jaurigui in Guatemala and was "most worthily consecrated" to D. Aloysius Gonzaga. The calligraphy used appears, at first glance, to be very modern; though with a closer inspection abbreviations are apparent. The recto side is marked as 324; the verso side is marked as 325.
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- This leaf is from a miniature Elzevir; the popular volume on France in the "Republic Series". It was printed in Leyden, 1626. The recto side of the page is marked 179 and the verso side is marked 180.
- Date Created:
- 1626-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- 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 leaf 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.
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From the First Edition of "Dr. Johnson's Dictionary". The full title is: "Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from Best Writers. To which are prefixed, A History of the Language, and an English Grammar, by Samuel Johnson, A.M. In Two Volumes. Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman, C. Hitch and L. Hawkes; A. Millar; and J. Dodsley. MDCCLV."
- Date Created:
- 1755-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- This leaf is from "The Fables of Aesop". The designs of wood were by Thomas Bewick. It was printed in Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1823 by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son. The recto side of the leaf is page 271.
- Date Created:
- 1823-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From the New York Mirror and Ladies' Literary Gazette, the Seventh Volume. It was printed in New York by J. Seymore in 1829 and 1830. The recto side of the page has no page number; the verso side is marked as page 90.
- Date Created:
- 1829-09-26T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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