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- This leaf is from a Book of Rituals of the Angelican Church, printed by Robert Barker at London in 1639. Barker was considered "Printer to the King's most Excellent Majestie, and by the Assignes of John Bill."
- Date Created:
- 1639-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from The Historic Fourth Folio of Shakespeare's plays, printed in 1685 at London. The type throughout is uniformly larger than that of the Third Folio, though three different printers were used, and all of them used slightly different sizes. The paper was made by Van Duvantegard. The recto side of the page is marked 257; the verso is marked as 258.
- Date Created:
- 1685-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From Dryden's translation, The Works of Virgil, published by Jacob Tonson in 1697 at London. The poetry is set in Roman type on a page with wide margins. The recto side is marked 307 and the verso side is marked 308.
- Date Created:
- 1697-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From the King James Bible, the epochal, English Protestant translation, or Authorized Version This is the famous "He" Bible where instead of saying "she", in Ruth iii 15, it says "and He went into the city". It was printed by Robert Barker in London, England in 1611.
- Date Created:
- 1611-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from Icones Veteris Testamenti, or Illustrations of the Old testament. William Pickering created this book but the designs were by Holbein. It was printed by Charles Whittingham of the Chiswick Press and has the imprint of London, 1830.
- Date Created:
- 1830-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
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- This leaf is from a miniature book taken from the Diamond Classics, published by William Pickering in London in 1828. The recto side is marked 209; The verso side is marked as 210.
- Date Created:
- 1828-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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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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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from William Camden's "Annalles of Elizabeth", or more accurately from Darcie's translation from a French translation from the Latin of Camden's original work. It was printed for Benjamin Fisher in 1625, in London. The body of the page is roman type, using italics as an accessory. Though it was printed a quarter of a century after Queen Elizabeth's death, the book has an Elizabethan flair to it. This leaf is marked 127 on the recto side and 128 on the verso side.
- Date Created:
- 1625-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
