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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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- Pages from the Past
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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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- From a Bruce Rogers Folio, this leaf is from a limited edition of Sir Thomas More's "Utopia", printed in New York at the Rudge Press. The recto side is marked 21 and has a definition of lewd in the margin. The verso side is marked as page 22. Only 1500 copies were printed in 1937. This is an English translation of More's work.
- Date Created:
- 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- This leaf is from "Arbor Scientiae", by Raimond Lull. This volume has the colophon of a priest named Peter Posa and was printed in Barcelona, August 22, 1505.
- Date Created:
- 1505-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from Phaedri Aug. Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V. Most of the engravings were done by J. V. Vianen, and the notes and Dutch translation were by David Hoogstraten. It was printed in Amsterdam, 1701 by Francis Halma. Note the fine copper engravings. The recto side is page 89 and the verso side is page 90.
- Date Created:
- 1701-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From a rare Breviary for the Salisbury Cathedral. Printed by John Kyngston and Henry Sutton in London, 1555.
- Date Created:
- 1555-01-01T00:00:00Z
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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
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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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.
- Date Created:
- 1586-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From a German translation of Livy, printed by Theodoius Rihel in 1596 at Strassburg. The illustrator Rihel's Livy was an artist named Tobias Stimmer. The recto side of the leaf is marked as 315 and the verso side is marked as 316.
- Date Created:
- 1596-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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