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- From Dryden's translation, The Works of Virgil, published by Jacob Tonson in 1697 at London. Full page engraving, “To Sr Bartholomew Shower of the Midle Temple. Knt”.
- Date Created:
- 1697-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From Sebastian "Munster's Cosmographia Universalis". The edition of the book from which this leaf was taken was printed in 1559 by Heinrich Petri at Basle. The woodcuts of this piece are important because they have the initials of the engraver- a rare thing to see in early illustrated books. The recto side of the leaf is page 671 and the verso side is page 672.
- Date Created:
- 1559-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From Sebastian Munster's "Cosmographia Universalis". The edition of the book from which this leaf was taken was printed in 1559 by Heinrich Petri at Basle. The woodcuts of this piece are important because they have the initials of the engraver- a rare thing to see in early illustrated books. The recto side of the leaf is page 559 and the verso side is page 560.
- Date Created:
- 1559-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- This leaf is from an Italian manuscript and was written mid-Seventeenth Century by a lawyer in the Roman Curia named Theodorus Amydenius.
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- A leaf from the Complete Works of Aurelius Clemens Prudentius. It has the imprint, Ex Regio Typographeo, Parma, 1788. The Recto side of the leaf is marked 343; the verso side of the leaf is marked 344.
- Date Created:
- 1788-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From the Extant Works of Clement of Alexandria, issued by Johann Meyer and Jeremiah Schrey at Cologne, 1688. The volume contains a recession of the Latin translation by Daniel Heinsius and textual emendations by Friedrich Sylburge. The recto side is marked 99 and the verso side is marked 100.
- Date Created:
- 1688-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From The 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.
- Date Created:
- 1669-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- This leaf is from the Tables of Logarithms For all Numbers 1 to 102,100, With Other Tables and was written by William Gardiner. It was printed in London, 1742 by G. Smith.
- Date Created:
- 1742-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From "The New World of Words", a general English dictionary that also has the functions of an encyclopaedia. The title-page says "Collected and published by E.P. and printed by W.R. for Robert Harford," in 1678 at London. E.P. was Edward Philips, John Milton's nephew and pupil.
- Date Created:
- 1678-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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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.
- Date Created:
- 1576-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
