Manuscripts

Diego Bonghi diploma

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Description: Diploma of Diego Bonghi, Neapolitan archaeologist, from the Imperial and Royal Society of Sciences, Arts and Letters in Arezzo, Italy, 1862. With a large, allegorical illustration at the top, the signature of President G. Guillichini, and an embossed seal.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1862, January 18.
Call number: mssHM 80294
Creator: I. e R. Accademia aretina di scienze, lettere ed arti(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.
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The American youths' diploma

Visual Materials

Image of children ascending the steps of the allegorical "Hill of Science" encouraged by a female teacher at the center of a diploma issued to Mary Elizabeth Curtis in 1848; elaborate border with flowers, telescope, boy, girl, animals, and other images.

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Diploma awarded by Eastman's State and National Business College

Visual Materials

Image of a blank diploma from Eastman's State and National Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York; five main vignettes and decorative borders featuring mythical and allegorical figures, eagles, and a portrait of founder Harvey G. Eastman surround the central text.

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Georges Cuvier diplomas

Manuscripts

Three diplomas signed by Georges Cuvier: Doctorate in Medicine and two different Bachelor of Belles-Lettres. All printed on vellum. The doctoral diploma is dated 1817, July 26. The first Bachelor of Belles-Lettres diplomas is dated 1822, March 9. The second Bachelor's diploma is dated 1830, September 30. All three signed by Cuvier and the president of the University of France.

mssHM 80408 (a-c)

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Apothecary diploma of Robert Mouritz

Manuscripts

Diploma of Robert H. Mouritz from the Apothecaries' Hall of Dublin, 1850. Signed by other doctors, with ribbon and seal.

mssHM 80299

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Omaggi a Galileo Galilei per il terzo centenario dalla inaugurazione del suo insegnamento nel bo

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487000:0908

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Printing and lithographic establishment: Hunckle & Son

Visual Materials

A color lithographed trade card promoting Hunckel & Son's services within the printing industry through text and illustrated vignettes. Text on top of the image reads "Printing and Lithographic Establishment," and the central image includes two allegorical figures shaking hands above a banner that reads "Hunckel & Son" in gold, with George and Otto Hunckel's signatures below. The center of the card is embossed with the United States seal, and the card is bordered with putti representing the branches of art and science such as lithography, engraving, typography, and photography. The bottom of the card reads "The blessings of the graphic sciences over all the nations of the world," and includes stylistic representations of men in different cultural attire. The border edges of the card are printed in gold.

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Diego Bonghi diploma

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