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    Diario de la Visita, que Sali a Verificar a las misiones

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    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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    Printing art in Japan = L'art d'impression au Japon = Arte de imprenta en Japon, 1936 : with compliment from = avec les compliments de = con los cumplimientos de

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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.

    610345

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    Diario de las operaciones de campaña en el ataque de El Cajon de la Palma, en el Cerro Prieto

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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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    Extracts of several odd papers to be mett [sic] with in Rymer's Faedera

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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

  • Regimen sanitatis cum expositio[n]e magistri Arnaldi de Villanoua

    Regimen sanitatis cum expositio[n]e magistri Arnaldi de Villanoua

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    Medieval didactic poem in hexameter verse, claiming to be the creation of the medical school at Salerno, Italy, and promoting a healthy life through a regimen of adequate sleep, a moderate diet, and a peaceful mind. The Regimen also includes information on wine, vegetables, herbs, and meats, their therapeutic uses, which to eat, and which to avoid. The Regimen sanitatis Salernitatum and accompanying commentary are often wrongly ascribed to Arnoldus de Villa Nova. Corrected imprint from BM 15th cent. which states that this is a Venetian reprint of the 1491 Strassburg edition (Goff R-73), with expanded title. Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 20.4 x 15 cm. Text in one column. Signatures: a-h⁸. Binding: sheepskin; rebacked.

    95564

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    Manuscripts concerning the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippine Islands

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    This group of manuscripts concerns the Dominicans in the Philippine Islands. HM 19398, dated circa 1768, is a letter from Miguel Serrano to the President of the Philippines, regarding the Dominicans. HM 19399 (dated circa 1770), contains regulations laid down by the Roman Catholic Church concerning religious practices for Spanish natives. HM 19400 (dated 1772, January 13) is a letter from Bishop Miguel García relaying instructions for the denial and postponement of absolution. HM 19401 (circa 1775) describes the process for whitening wax and making candles. HM 19402 (circa 1775) concerns fresco and oil painting. HM 19403 (circa 1775) has instructions for processing natural indigo. HM 19404 (circa 1775) has a recipe for making rice wine. HM 19405 (dated circa 1793) is a sample account of the revenues of a church and parish between the years 1788-1792. In Spanish.

    mssHM 19398-19405