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Description: Illustrations reproduced from 15th and 16th century books in the Museum Library.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1962.
Call number: 607884 no. 56.
Provenance: Purchased from Sanford and Helen Berger, 1999. From the Sanford and Helen Berger Collection.
Dimensions: 18 cm.
Associated people: Berger, Sanford,; Berger, Helen,
Associated organizations: Victoria and Albert Museum,; Curwen Press,

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Rare Books

Commonplace book with extracts from Classical authors such as Cicero, Seneca, Boethius and Ovid. Written possibly in Germany (two of the books bound with it were printed in Germany and the binding is German) in the late 15th or 16th centuries.

98651a

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Military map showing the marches of the United States forces under command of Maj. Genl. W. T. Sherman ... during the years 1863, 1864, 1865

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Detailed map of Southeastern United States, showing fortifications, movement on Atlanta, pursuit of Hood, and lines of march of the 4th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 20th Army Corps, of the ...

194224 v. 3 no. 13

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[Twenty-six miniatures, taken from mss. of the 14th-17th centuries

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A rare series of eighteenth-century French copies of 26 of miniatures in the collection of the Duc de La Vallière. Intended to accompany Rive's "Essai sur l'art de vérifier l'age des miniatures..." which was never published. The series consists of hand-colored engravings on paper and mounted. The original images include 1 from the 14th century, 20 from the 14th, 4 from the 16th and 1 from the 17th century. Subjects represented include St. John, the Evangelist (14th century); the Taking of Jerusalem by King Antiochus, the Adoration of the Magi, five paintings of the "Fortresse de la Foy," the Entombment, Christ teaching his Apostles, a Burial Service (15th century); the Crowning of a Pope, Death riding in a Chariot, the Death of the Virgin (16th century) and St. Nicholas (17th century).

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Der swangern Frauwen vnd hebam[m]en Rosegarten

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Woodcut border around the title and several woodcut illustrations in the text. Signatures: A-N⁴ O⁶(O6 blank). Binding: vellum wrapper with tie, made from a 16th century legal document with faint inscription on front dated 1571.

648190

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Baden-Powell, Olave, 1889-1977. 1 letter to [Mrs.] ----- Ladd, L.S. (typewritten: 2 p.), (1935, Apr. 9), Victoria (B.C.)

Manuscripts

This collection is what is known as an autograph collection and Kane spent years, not only collecting autographs of famous people on his own, but also acquiring the collections of other autograph seekers. This material spans multiple centuries and formats: from a 15th century manuscript on vellum to a 1951 typewritten letter. The collection includes accounts, letters, photographs, poems, government papers and royal proclamations, signed by, among others, actors and actresses, authors, explorers, kngs, magicians, queens, politicians, scientists, singers, and soldiers. Many of the famous people in this collection are also to be found in other manuscript collections in the Huntington Library.

KAL 56

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Hymnal

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Two hymnal leaves from Italy written in the 16th century.

mssHM 80513

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