Original leaves from famous books : eight centuries, 1240 A.D.-1923 A.D.

In Ege Manuscript Collection

Abstract

Rare Book collection set: No. 3.

Rare Book collection leaf [1] from "Vulgate Bible (Dominican. Paris, ca. 1240)" appears to be from the Psalms, spanning most of Psalms 83-88. Includes rubrication.

Rare Book collection leaf [6] from "Nuremberg Chronicle / Schedel (Nuremberg, Germany, 1493)" is "Sextus"

Rare Book collection leaf [7] from "The Justinian code (Paris, France, 1512)" is Fol. Cxxix.

Rare Book collection leaf [8] from "Natural history / Pliny (Basle, Switzerland, 1525)" is page 291-292

Rare Book collection leaf [9] from "Adages / Erasmus (Basle, Switzerland, 1528)" is page 261-262.

Rare Book collection leaf [10] from "Anatomy / Vesalius (Basle, Switzerland, 1555)" is page 459-460. Rare Book collection leaf [11] from "Sonnets and canzoni / Petrarch (Venice, Italy, 1559)" is page 49-50.

Rare Book collection leaf [12] from "Writings / Hippocrates (Venice, Italy, 1585)" is page 299-300.

Rare Book collection leaf [13] from "History of plants / John Gerard (London, England, 1597)" is page 1145-1146 (mounted verso side forward, with illustration).

Rare Book collection leaf [14] from "Voyages / Richard Hakluyt (London, England, 1508-1600)" is page 154-153 (mounted verso side forward.. Rare Book collection leaf [15] from "The works of Geoffrey Chaucer (London, England, 1602)" is Fol. 117.

Rare Book collection leaf [16] from "Don Quixote / Miguel Cervantes (Madrid, Spain, 1608)" is leaf 172.

Rare Book collection leaf [17] from "The Holy Bible (King James Version) (London, England, 1611)" consists of Leviticus 16:19b-. Rare Book collection leaf [18] from "The advancement of learning : the new Atlantis, and other writings / Francis Bacon (London, England, 1638)" is page 369-370.

Rare Book collection leaf [19] from "Comedies, histories, tragedies (The fourth folio) / William Shakespeare (London, England, 1685)" is page 5-6.

Title from preliminary leaf.

Consists of an "Annotated chronological index" (leaf [0]), 3 original Medieval ms. leaves, and 22 original leaves from printed books; each leaf matted and with descriptive letterpress slip attached to lower left corner.

"Limited to one hundred and ten numbered sets"--Label on inside front cover. In portfolio.

There was also a deluxe issue, with subtitle "nine centuries, 1122-1923 A.D." and 40 original leaves, in 50 numbered sets.