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A set of ten cards contained in an envelope with descriptions of some of the rare books that were dismembered in Slotkin's project.

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Various disbound leaves from books printed from 1516-1829 (1245 A.H.), each accompanied by a facsimile print of the title page of its respective volume.

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Excised leaf from a German Bible, printed in blackletter and featuring an engraved illustration of armies meeting (as described in the book of Judges). The text is from the book of Judges.

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Excised leaf from a German Bible with explanatory gloss, with text from the book of Zephaniah. Printed in blackletter sometime in the early modern period - Germany has a very long tradition of blackletter printing. Also contains marginal biblical gloss, printed in a smaller blackletter type.

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Excised leaf from a German bible printed in 1574. Printed in blackletter. Stapled to the righthand side of a sheet with a facsimile of the volume's title page on the left side in black and red ink.

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A sheaf of seven detached leaves from a variety of early modern printed books, especially Bibles and related works. The sheaf is attached with a paper clip, prefaced by a small sheet with mounting instructions for the leaves. A number of the leaves are from the same volumes as the other detached leaves in this folder and in M084.02.0002.0002.

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Various detached leaves of early modern printed books, primarily religious in nature. These leaves are not associated with any specific facsimiles in the collection (or there is no clear association between the title page facsimiles and the detached leaves).

Abstract Variety of facsimiles of title pages from dismembered early modern printed books with no original leaves associated with them. Index of included facsimiles:- Facsimile of the title page of the works of Hippocrates and Plutarch in Greek and Latin, printed in Basel in 1500 - Facsimile of the title page of a Medical Book by Frederick Hoffman, printed in Geneva in 1738 - Facsimile of the title page of a collection of medical texts printed in Nuremberg in 1695 - Facsimile of the title...