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Geometry; the Elements of Euclid: a textbook
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Manuscripts
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Bill from Flack, the binder, to John Fawcett, July 4, 1815, tipped in. Fragile, spine is damaged and covers are loose.
mssHM 2546
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Fourteen leaves from a rubricated Carthusian psalter believed to be from a 15th century mansucript, hand-written in Church Latin in a Gothic bookhand in black and red ink on vellum; 5 lines per page; tied to wooden boards.
mssHM 80420
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Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 19.9 x 14.1 cm. Text in one column with woodcut initials. Woodcut illustrations. Signatures: A-D⁸/⁴ E-F⁸. Imperfect: leaves F1 and F8 lacking. Binding: modern parchment over boards with vellum thongs.
101497
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Final draft. Bound in leather boards. Originally published in the first four issues of Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXII (January-April 1843): 1:1-18; 2: 89-102; 3:158-167; and 4:205-213. All the leaves are blank on the verso, save for leaf 56. On leaf 26, note to Rufus Griswold, editor of Graham's Magazine, regarding the need for proofs and the character Adrienne. Author's name is misspelled on the cover.
mssHM 34535
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A register covering April 1702 - April 1704, containing copies of dispatches, orders, sailing instructions, correspondence, etc. between the Admiralty and Captain Christopher Myngs while the latter was in command of, successively, the "St. Michael," "Victory," and "Lancaster." The register contains entries written in several hands; with 316 pages followed by 1 blank page then reversed and beginning at the other end of the volume for 11 pages (there are a few additional blank pages throughout the volume). With the bookplate of Sir Thomas Miller, [5th] Baronet on inside front cover. Please note the volume is in fragile condition: the spine and boards are loose and damaged with additional damage to the leather covers; an unknown number of pages are missing from the beginning and end of the volume.
mssHM 82861