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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Old Testament in Hebrew (vocalized); New Testament and Apocrypha in Greek. All 3 with interlinear Latin translation and prefaces in Latin. Old Testament starts at the end of the volume with the New Testament at the beginning, followed by Apocrypha. Each Testament has its own title page.
112951

Manuscripts
Burley's book of commentaries on the eighth book of physics by Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) The volume is noteworthy for being written on paper rather than vellum, and features a classic Latin hand with seven major initials in gold and colors, and later comments in the borders. Numbered in modern hand in pencil on pages 36, 60, 95, 173, 197, 226. Renumbered in pencil on bottom page, outer corner prior to rebinding in 2022.
mssHM 75077
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Hamond Lodge, Norfolk, Eng. (2 p.). Also enclosed: a copy, written in an unknown hand (3 p.). Subject: Ordem Militar da Torre…
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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2476 Sao Paulo. Mappa da costa da Provincia de S. Paulo. 5 de abril de 1867. 1 sheet (manuscript). [see cabinet]." Unknown hand, not Burton's. Coast depicted with northwest at the top of the page. Cities, towns, and villages indicated in red ink, with distances between places given in black. Probably obtained while Burton was in South America between 1865 and 1868. MS notes: Burton (Map cabinet) Sao Paulo 2476. Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: holographic.
623650
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Continues the author's Confessionario en lengua mexicana y castellana, published in 1599. Text mostly in Spanish and Latin, some sections in Nahuatl. Title page woodcut device of the Franciscan Order. "Indulgencias concedidas por diversos pontifices alos que se ocupan con los naturales," gathering [A] in pt. 1, has final Indulgencia dated 1603 and is a later insert. Colophon at the end of v. 2: Excudebat Ludouicus Ocharte Figueros, Mexici, in Regio collegio sancte crucis, sancti Iacobi de Tlatilulco. Anno Domini, 1601. Foliation: v. 1: [16], 14, 14-112, [58] leaves; v. 2: [1], 113-272, 272-443, 104 leaves. Signatures: v. 1: pi⁸ (*)⁴ [A]⁴ B-C⁸ chi1 D-P⁸ chi² A-G⁸; v. 2: pi1 Q-2Z⁸ [par.]⁸ [par. *]-[par. 4*]⁸ [par. sec.]-[par. 5sec.]⁸ ² [par. 5sec.]⁴, A-N⁸.
106319
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Letter signed. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. (1 page)
HM 5364