Browse Items (524 total)

Medieval Text, single sheet [original]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/098e4d78b3bf09a141e6f896543597a4.jpg
Good condition ; some discolouration ; some tearing ; two holes ; marginalia ; rubrication

Title Unknown, leather-bound book [original]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/2faa64de0e66dddc12f78050aa8c5432.jpg
Binding: good ; bound in wooden boards covered loosely with brown leather ; leather shows some wear including rubbing and a few holes

Spine: good ; brown leather ; no decoration

Leaves: fair to good ; pages are very fragile ; some are damaged…

Palm Leaf Sandwich-type Manuscript [original]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/6decc859a9d22ba482deb9ca16704a1e.jpg
Binding: good ; wooden boards and leaves have two holes through which they would have been bound with string or cord

Protective case: wrapped in paper and kept in a case

Leaves: good ; palm leaves ; fragile (brittle) ; text on both sides ;…

Rosetta Stone [facsimile]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/95143b3e455c2a74effd913a000aa353.jpg
Good to very good ; facsimile of original Rosetta Stone tablet.

C.A. Cutter's Three Figure Author Table [original]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/ccc64c45e50e1a5ca204de3d39dc14b2.jpg
Binding: poor to fair ; worn (especially edges) ; cracked hinge (front) ; front and rear cover bound in cloth resembling leather ; text on front over in yellow ink reads: "C.A. CUTTER'S THREE-FIGURED AUTHOR TABLE / DISTRIBUTED BY THE H.R. HUNTING…

Admonitions of the Instructress of the Ladies of the Palace [facsimile]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/120fbac20c3a41110c83355d0783108d.jpg
Example of early Chinese silk-weave scroll painting ; condition fine ; rolled scroll bound with ribbon ; protected in near fine wooden box ; leaves near fine ; includes informational booklet by Basil Gray

The Silent Sleep [original]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/961fcb1f556e79abb09063ad71a583d4.jpg
Protected in plastic bag ; leaves very good to near fine ; printed on 1 piece of paper watermarked: "CERTIFICATE Royale [9]6% COTTON [CONTENT]" ; evidence of light bending at bottom corners

Lyrics: "They sleep, they sleep the silent sleep. They…

London in the Age of Dickens [original]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/2aa24f93a4e44ff6bdc2f6cc74800fb6.jpg
Good to very good / near fine to fine ; unbound ; the spines of sections 2-12 are numbered (to ensure proper ordering when being bound) ; some wear on first page (e.g. blue marks, bent corner)

Centers of Civilization Series

Table of…

Book of Nehemiah 11.2-13.15, Old Testament, single sheet [original]

Book of Nehemiah 1-min.jpg
Very good condition ; a small amount of paper is missing from the side along which (it seems) it was originally bound ; marginalia ; Venetian printing ; 15th century

Slip enclosed reads: "PAGEANT BOOK and PRINT SHOP / 109 EAST 109th STREET / NEW…

Historium ab Inclinatione Romanorum Imperii Decades (Decades of History from the Deterioration of the Roman Empire , single sheet [original]

Decades of History 1-min.jpg
Good condition ; some discolouration (e.g. on bottom corner, approximately 1/5 of page) is apparent on both sides

Slip enclosed reads: "PAGEANT BOOK and PRINT SHOP / 109 EAST 9th STREET / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10003 / ORegon 4-5296 / BLONDUS, FLAVIUS /…