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- A leaf from "The History of His Own Times", by Paulus Jovius, Bishop of Nocera. It was printed by Michael Vascosanus in Paris, 1553. Typographically it is an excellent example of the clear roman type developed by Parisian printers at that particular time. The recto side is marked as page 61; the verso side is unmarked.
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- 1553-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- A leaf from the Sonnets of Anton Maria Salvini. It was issued in Florence 1728, by the press of H. R. H. The Grand Duke of Tuscany. The recto side of the leaf is marked 81 and the verso side is marked as 82.
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- 1728-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- This leaf is from The Book of Common Prayer. It was printed by John Baskerville, the printer to the University of Cambridge in 1762.
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- 1762-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From the "Nüremburg Chronicle". It was printed in Nüremburg by Anton Koberger in 1493. The "Nüremburg Chronicle" contained over 300 leaves and about 1,900 woodcuts. The type is a modified Gothic that was commonly used with the Nüremburg printers. This ambitious publishing feat is known as the Picture Book of the Fifteenth Century. The recto side of the leaf is marked CCXXII in the upper right hand corner; the verso side is unmarked.
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- 1493-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- 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.
- Date Created:
- 1778-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- A leaf from "A Digest of Civil Law" by Andrea Torresano of Asolo. The work demonstrates the Gothic type in its most picturesque form. Issued in 1491, it is an incunabula. The recto side of the leaf is marked LXII.
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- 1491-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From "Historia De Gentibus Septentrionalibus", by Olaus Magnus, Archbishop of Upsala. The work was first printed in at Rome by Johannes Maria de Viottis. This leaf was published at Rome in 1555 and is from the original Latin edition. The recto side is page 51 and the verso side is page 52.
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- 1555-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- This leaf is from a New Testament in Greek. It was issued by the house of Elzevir in 1678 at Amsterdam. The recto side of the page is marked as page number 407; the verso side is marked 408.
- Date Created:
- 1678-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- 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.
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- 1792-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- An incunable page from a "Fasciculus mirre", Delft, Roelant Bollaert, ca. 1500. It is a German work on the Life of Christ.
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- From "Gemma Vocabulorum", a composition of the Latin-Dutch vocabulary with explanations following the words. It was printed by R. Pafraet in Deventer, 1495. This volume was later bound to a 1488 dictionary.
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- 1495-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- A leaf from the "Justinian Code", Ex Officina Vignoniana in St. Gervais near Paris, 1602. The leaf 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.
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- 1602-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- From a 16th century breviary, with a miniature woodcut. The expertise of the xylographer shows in the accuracy of the woodcuts. The title and last pages of the book are missing, but even so the book can be attributed to the first half of the 16th century and is most likely the work of the Southern French press. On the page on the left, the recto side is marked 482. On the page on the right, the recto side is marked 44.
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- [1500 TO 1550]
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- A leaf from a Koran Manuscript in Cufic characters. This leaf is thought to be from 12th century; though it isn't dated. The style of the calligraphy suggests it could be from Mashad (Persia), although its origins could be in Arabia or Egypt. A few leaves from this manuscript are in Boston, in the Oriental Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts.
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- This leaf is from a Latin Manuscript containing the "Sermones" of Simon de Cremona, and was prepared in Buxheim in the Scriptorium of the Carthusian monastery. The scribe was Caspar Misnensis.
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- 1434-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- This leaf is from “A Guide to Tongues” by John Minsheu, and is said to be the first Comparative Linguistic Dictionary, brought out in England and apparently the first book ever sold by subscription in advance. This dictionary is compiled of eleven languages. It was printed at the charges of the author for John Browne, "Bibliopola", a bookseller, London, 1617. The recto side of this leaf is page 21; the verso side is page 22.
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- 1617-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- A leaf from Parliamentary Acts that were passed during the reign of William III of England. It was printed by the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb. They were printers to His Majesty, in 1695-1698 in London. The recto side of the page is marked as 737, and the verso side is marked as 738.
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- [1695 TO 1698]
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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 215 but the verso side has no page numbers.
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- 1584-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- From Ovid's "Fasti", a poem on Roman feasts and festivals. This volume was published by Alexander Paganini in 1527 in Tusculanum (Italy). This leaf is marked cxciii on the recto side.
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- 1527-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- This is a manuscript leaf from a Seventeenth Century Spanish Antiphonary. This manuscript was purchased in Seville. The recto side of the leaf is marked as 104; the verso side has no page number.
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