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- From The Iconalogia of Cesare Ripa of Perugia, with amplifications by Giovanni Zaratino Castillini. It was printed at Venice in 1669 by Niccolo Pezzana. The volume that this leaf was taken from belonged to William Morris and bears his bookplate. The recto side of the page is marked 619 and the verso side is marked 620.
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- 1669-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- A leaf from a Roman Missal, printed in 1576 by the heirs of Lucantonio di Giunta at Venice and issued in accordance with the decrees of the famous Council of Trent. The recto side is marked as page 179; the verso side has no page markings.
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- 1576-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- From "Liber Sextus" of Pope Boniface VIII. This page is from the edition that was printed at Venice in 1572. The recto side is marked as page 147; the verso side is marked as page 148.
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- 1572-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- From "Infortiatum de Toris"; a law book printed in 1495 by Baptista de Tortis in Venice. The paper probably came from the mills of the nearby cities of Padua or Treviso. The recto side of the leaf is marked as 158.
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- 1495-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- This leaf is from a Latin version of the Bible, and was printed by Hieronymus de Paganini at Venice in 1497.
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- 1497-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- From a collection of minor classical authors such as Proclus, Porphyry, Iamblichus and Psellus. This volume was printed by Aldus Manutius and Andrea Torresano at Venice in 1516 on the Aldine press. This leaf is marked as 81 on the recto side.
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- 1516-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- A leaf from the Holy Bible, of "Biblia Sacra" Vulgate Editionis. It was edited by Popes Sextus V and Clemens VIII. This volume was printed at Venice in 1669 by Pezzana. The recto side of the page is marked 77; the verso side is marked 78.
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- 1669-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- From a "Work on Euclid" by Nicholas Tartalea. The author's last revised edition was printed in Venice in 1565 by Curtio Troiano. The recto side is marked as page 85 while the verso side has no page number.
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- 1565-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- A leaf from Ovid's "Metamorphoses". It was printed by Joan Gryphius in Venice, 1565. The recto side of the leaf is page 167 and the verso is page 168.
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- 1565-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- This leaf is from the "Cornucopia of Nicholas Perottus" and is a commentary on the Epigrams of Martial, with a collection of other ancient authors. Printed in 1513 in Venice, from the Aldine press.
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- 1513-01-01T00:00:00Z
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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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- From the "Propositions of Aristotle", a book of excerpts in Latin. Printed by Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis at Venice in 1493. A note on the last page says that the book was brought out at the expense of Alexander Calcedonius of Pisaurum. This work shows one of the first documented instances of publisher's copyright. The Recto side is marked as 198.
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- 1493-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- A leaf from Ovid's "Metamorphoses". It was printed by Joan Gryphius in Venice, 1565. The recto side of the leaf is page 125 and the verso side is page 126.
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- 1565-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- A leaf from the "Chonicarum Supplementum" of Jacobus Philippus Bergomensis (Foresti), an Augustinian friar; printed by Bernardinus de Benaliis in 1486 in Venice. This is a rare example of incunabula. The work includes descriptions of major cities and major historical events.
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- 1486-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- This leaf is from "Dante's Divine Comedy", and includes commentary of Christoforo Landino. It was printed for Lucantio Giunta by Jacob del Burgofranco of Pavia, at Venice in 1529. This leaf is marked as XLVIII in the recto side of the page.
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- 1529-01-01T00:00:00Z
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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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- A leaf from "Anatome Corporis Humani", by Joanne Valverdo (Juan de Hamusco Valverde). It is a translation into Italian from the original in Spanish. This volume first appeared in 1560 in Rome and Venice; the translation into Italian was made under Valverdo's direction. This edition is from the Giunta Press, and was published at Venice in 1586. The recto side of the leaf is marked as page 43 and the verso side is marked as page 44.
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- 1586-01-01T00:00:00Z
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