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[Leaf from the Apocalypsis sancti Johannis]

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Description: 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.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: [approximately 1468]
Call number: 613811
Provenance: Acquired from the estate of Alice Millard, February 1939. From the Alice and George Millard collection illustrating the evolution of the book, acquired for the Huntington Library by a group of their friends in 1939. Formerly part of PSS 389.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 25 cm (folio)
Associated people: Millard, George M., (1873-1938,)
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[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.

144969

[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.

92581

[Aderlasskalander mit biblischen und zoologischen figuren]

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German almanac for bloodletting, heavily illustrated with woodcuts. Woodcut illustrations including a pelican, a young couple at a table, a flock of birds, the birth of Christ, and a Zodiac man with information on where to bleed depending on Zodiac sign. Imperfect: only the left half of the lower part remaining; torn along edges with some loss of text and illustrations. Mounted on a blank leaf.

89472

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

Dis ist das Buch der Cirurgia. : Hantwirckung der Wundartzny / von Hyero[n]imo Bru[n]schwig

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There are several variants of this edition, which had two distinct issues. The second issue, first state, corrected minor errors in the text, but not the date of publication, expanded the content of the fourth tract, and included two additional woodcut illustrations. The second issue, second state finally corrected the date of publication to read ".M.cccc.xcvii." Chancery folio, with paper measuring 26.9 x 18.8 cm. Text printed in 2 columns of 42-43 lines and headline; col. width: 6.1 cm.; area of text: 19.6 (20.5) x 13.3 cm. With foliation and signatures; without catchwords. Includes 48 mostly full- or half-page woodcut illustrations (many are repeated). Generally, they depict the master surgeon, his apprentices, his patients, and his instruments in a variety of scenarios. There are also 3 smaller sets of illustrations of surgical instruments within the text. The second issue contains two additional woodcut illustrations.--Cf. Schramm. Numerous foliation errors. Signatures: pi⁶ A-V⁶. Imperfect: leaf pi6 lacking. Binding: 16th/17th century Italian[?] semi-limp parchment; stamped "1604" on front cover.

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