Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Epistola Rabani ad luodouicum regem inuictissiu[m] [et]c. incipit foeliciter
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Visual Materials
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Work of an unknown author based on the herbal of Dioscorides and later attached to the name of Apuleius Platonicus. A variant issue is known with a dedication to Cardinal della Rovere in place of that to Cardinal Gonzaga. 132 woodcut illustrations. Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 20.6 x 13.8 cm. Signatures: [*⁶ a-m⁸ n⁶ (*1, n6 blank)]. Imperfect: initial blank leaf (leaf [*]1) lacking. Leaves [*]2-[*]6, [a]1, [n]1 and [n]6 lacking and replaced with facsimiles. Huntington Library copy has the illustrations hand-colored and "silked" for conservation. Huntington Library copy is the variant, with dedication to Cardinal della Rovere. Binding: citron morocco. Binder's stamp: Bound by Lloyd London.
89924
![Journal of David Lewis [microform] : 1852-1857](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4DMO8VH%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
Manuscripts
Microfilm of David Lewis' notes while serving as an Indian agent for Brigham Young on the Parley P. Pratt exploring trip to Southern Utah and from an 1855 trip he was called on to search the mountains of northern and central Utah for minerals used in glazing. In both instances Lewis describes his travel and exploration, recording the ordinary occurrences of each day in addition to noting experiences with Native Americans. Of particular interest is Lewis' 22-page dictionary of an unidentified Native American language.
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![Dyalogus creaturaru[m] optime moralizatus. omni materie morali iocu[n]do mo[do] applicabil[is]: ad laude[m] dei [et] edificatione[m] ho[m]i[nu]m Incipit feliciter](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN47QDXB%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
Rare Books
Ascribed to Nicolaus Pergamenus on the basis of Paris BN MS. lat 8512, and to the Milanese doctor Mayno de Mayneriis (Magninus Mediolanensis) on the basis of a MS. at Cremona C, supported by local references in the text. Cf. ISTC. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 27.6 x 20.2 cm. Text in one column, measuring approximately 18.4 x 11.5 cm. Includes 122 woodcut illustrations and a woodcut initial and border on leaf a2r. Gerard Leeu's device B on leaf m6r. Signatures: pi⁶ 2pi⁴ a-l⁸ m⁶ (pi1, a1 blank). Imperfect: blank leaf pi1 lacking. Binding error: gatherings pi and 2pi bound at end after gathering m. Initials and rubrication in red. Binding: red morocco. Binder's stamp: Bound by F. Bedford.
103180
Visual Materials
Image of an advertisement for the Pi Eta play The Alcayde featuring a man in a Spanish-style outfit with cape and embellished hat standing on a road; representation of the Spanish city of Seville at left.
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Rare Books
A treatise in five books addressed to Pope Eugenius III by Bernard of Clairvaux in which Bernard advises the pope not to let the duties of the papal office detract from his own spiritual life. Book two includes Bernard's explanation for the failure of the Second Crusade.
86087