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ff. 1-5v: [Palladius, Selections from De re rustica]: Incipit: Palladii Rutilli Tauri Emiliani de Institucione [sic] Liber ad Pasiphilum virum doctissimum feliciter incipit. Habes aliud indultae fidei testimonium pro usura temporis hoc opus de arte institucionis [sic] ... Pasiphile ornatus fidei cui iure fatemur/ Si quid in archano pectoris unbra regit. ... Explicit: Aspera sed miti rusticitat leges. [ff. 6-7 verso blank].
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Manuscripts
These two manuscripts are excerpts from Bernal's diaries regarding the general conditions of the missions of Santo Tomas, San Vicente, San Pedro, San Fernando, and Santo Domingo. HM 16562 is dated 1796, February 19 - March 22, and HM 16563 is dated 1796, April 23 - May 22. In Spanish.
mssHM 16562-16563
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Sample book from the Eastern Printing Ink Co., Ltd. Includes information about their printing factories, the leaders of the corporation, and numerous printing samples. Includes information about Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., and Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd.
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This manuscript, dated from November 13 - December 17 and written by an unknown author, describes Spanish military operations during the attack on Cerro Prieto in the late 18th century. In Spanish.
mssHM 4051
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Done at the behest of, and dedicated to, the Archbishop of Mexico City, Alonso de Montúfar. Colophon on verso of leaf 404: Ad laudem Dei et gloriosissimae matris eius, nec non omnium sanctorum, & ad profectum & vtilitatem fidelium, sub sedis Apostolicae, ac piorum omnium benigna correctione, summariu[m] omniu[m] sacramentorum à reuerendo patre fratre Bartholomaeo à Ledesma pr[a]edicatoriae familiae ac sacrae theologiae magistro aeditum, foeliciter finem habet. Excussum Mexici, apud Antonium de Espinosa Anno Domini 1566. Die .25. me[n]sis Februarij. Numerous foliation errors. Woodcut coat of arms of Archbishop Montúfar and cartouche on title page, woodcut diagrams on leaves 352v and 373v, printer's device in colophon (leaf 404v), ornamented initials. Errata on verso of leaf [4], 1st count, and on leaf [16] at end. In Latin, with some of the prefatory material in Spanish. Signatures: [Maltese cross]⁴ A-2C⁸ 2D⁴ 2E-2Z⁸ 2& ⁸ 2a-2f⁸. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The manuscript, written by an unknown author, is a list of excerpts from Volumes 1-17 of Rymer's Faedera. The hand is consistent throughout the volume. The binding is Irish. Contemporary crimson morocco, the covers with three rectangular panels within one another, the outermost formed by a double line fillet with a lozenge-shaped floral ornament in each corner and floral ornaments repeated around the outside; the middle panel formed by a chain-roll, and the innermost by a narrow "thistle" roll bordered by a two-line fillet. The whole enclosing a floral center ornament built up with small stamps. Elaborate pale green continental endpapers decorated with birds, cupids, etc., in gold. Catalog description is included.
mssHM 84480