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- From a "Los Virtuosos Varones", author unknown. This Portuguese manuscript is on the nobility of the Portuguese aristocracy, ca. 1450. The recto side of the leaf is marked 63.
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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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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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- A leaf from Portraits et Vies des Hommes Illustres, par André Thevet, Angoumoysin (of Angoulême), Premier Cosmograph du Roy. It was printed on the press of Kervert and Chaudiére, Paris, 1584. While the large initial letter was probably a cut from wood, the larger engraving was done on copper. The recto side of this leaf is marked as page 382; the verso side has no page number.
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- 1584-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- This leaf is from "The Works of Shakespeare" and was printed and published at Philadelphia, 1796 by Bioren and Madan. The version was the first edition to be brought out on the North American Continent. The recto side is page 397 and the verso side is page 398.
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- 1796-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- A leaf from "Las Quatorze Decadas de Tito Livio", a typographical setting for a Spanish translation of Livy. This volume was printed by George Coci at Saragossa in 1520. The recto side of this leaf is marked as Fo. CCXIII.
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- 1520-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- This leaf is from the "Commentaries of Bartolus de Saxoferrato", covering the first and second parts of the new Digest of Laws. It also contains supplemental notes by other scholars. It was published by Jacob Saccon at Lyons in 1521. This is most likely the digest of laws from Emperor Justinian, and it forms the second part of the "Corpus Juris Civilis". The recto side of this leaf is marked 129.
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- 1521-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From "In Psalterium Expositio", consisting of a commentary on the Psalms by Cassiodorus, a high official under Theodoric and his successor Athalaric. This volume is from the press of Johann de Amerbach and due to the date of its printing (1491), it is considered an incunabula. The recto side of the leaf is marked LV. The verso side has no page number.
- Date Created:
- 1491-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- A leaf from "Las Quatorze Decadas de Tito Livio", a typographical setting for a Spanish translation of Livy. This volume was printed by George Coci at Saragossa in 1520. The recto side of this leaf is marked as Fo. CCLXVIII.
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- 1520-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- A leaf from an Irish Law Book, containing the Statutes of Ireland from King Edward to part of the reign of James I. This was printed in Dublin, 1621 by the Society of Stationers. The recto side is marked as 65, and the verso side is marked as 66.
- Date Created:
- 1621-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- A leaf from The Lessons of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The volume from which this leaf was taken was published in 1798 in New Brunswick, New Jersey by Blauvelt. It was put together by Andrew Fowler. The recto side of the leaf is page 27; the verso side is page 28.
- Date Created:
- 1798-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
