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  • [Biblia pauperum]

    [Biblia pauperum]

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    Consists of two series of 20 leaves, one lettered a-v and the second .a.-.v.. Leaves printed on one side only. Printed in brown ink. Huntington Library copy is an early impression of Schreiber edition VI, as the newly recut plates p-q, .c.-.d., .l.-.m. and .t.-.v. do not show the damage to the woodblocks seen in other copies of edition VI. Imperfect: ten leaves lacking (leaves a-b, g-m and .n.-.o.). Many leaves faded. Huntington Library copy misbound when rebound for Pembroke; now in following order: leaves c-f, .p.-.t., v, .v., .a.-.m., n-t. Leaf v detached and kept in a separate folder. Blank leaves pasted together; most leaves faded. Binding: 19th century English gilt-tooled red morocco, in red morocco solander case.

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  • [Apocalypsis sancti Johannis]

    [Apocalypsis sancti Johannis]

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    Block book. Woodcut illustrations and xylographic texts on 48 leaves printed in black ink one side only. Illustrations hand-colored in orange, green, pink, brown and black. Binding: Vol. 1: 19th century gilt-filleted blue morocco, by Lloyd, Wallis, and Lloyd; in half blue morocco case. Vol. 2: portfolio of 19th century half black morocco over marbled paper.

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  • Dit is die prologhe va[n] der spieghel onser behoudenisse

    Dit is die prologhe va[n] der spieghel onser behoudenisse

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    Speculum type; the Second Dutch edition. Woodcuts and xylographic text printed in brown ink; typographic text printed in black ink. Leaves printed on one side only. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 28.5 x 21.4 cm. Imperfect: leaves 32-33, 54-55 ([c]14, [d]1, [e]8, [e]9) lacking. Leaves [a]1-[a]3 trimmed at fore edge. Many leaves with blank sides partially pasted together. Binding: 19th century English gilt-tooled red morocco; in blue morocco solander case.

    104685

  • [Leaf from the Apocalypsis sancti Johannis]

    [Leaf from the Apocalypsis sancti Johannis]

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    Block book. Woodcut illustrations and xylographic texts printed in brown ink one side only on 48 leaves. Edition V according to Schreiber. Huntington Library copy is leaf [crossed out V]1 only. Imperfect: minor wormhole damage around edges. Not bound; in four-flap folder.

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  • Bartholomeu[s] de proprietatib[us] re[rum]

    Bartholomeu[s] de proprietatib[us] re[rum]

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    An English translation of Bartholomaeus Anglicus' De proprietatibus rerum by John Trevisa. Title page is xylographic (white on black). Caption title on leaf A2r reads: Prologue of the translatour. True it is· that after the noble [and] experte doctryne . The last leaf contains William Caxton's device, and on the verso a copy of the title-page cut. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 30.9 x 21.2 cm. Text in two columns. Woodcut initials. Signatures: A⁶ B⁸ b⁶ c-z⁸ [et]⁶ [con]⁸ A-V⁸ X-Z⁶ 2a-2c⁸ 2d-2g⁶ 2h-2m⁸ 2n⁴ 2o⁶. Huntington Library copy has gathering A inlaid. Imperfect: leaf A1 (blank) lacking; leaves 2o4-2o6 repaired at inner margin. Binding: richly inlaid and onlaid brown morocco by the Club Bindery, Leon Maillard, finisher. In case.

    82741

  • AmazArt Colors

    AmazArt Colors

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    Three boxes of paint labeled AmazArt Colors, manufactured by Binney & Smith Co., New York, ca. 1935. Each of the three yellow and red boxes contains a 2 oz. tube of paint and printed directions for use. The three colors here are green, blue, and vermilion. Promotional text on the sides of the boxes reads: "New sensational art medium. Easy to use no special talent needed to hand-decorate fabrics, wood, glass, china and other surfaces," and "Draw, paint, design, write, mark with tube tip, no waiting to dry - no fixing of colors, made in vermilion, yellow, green, blue, brown, black."

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