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Excised leaf from a sermon collection printed in the early modern era in Europe, this sermon on the topic of virginity. Possibly the same text as contained in Cambridge, Jesus College Library, JCOL/Q/G/29.

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Excised leaf of an early modern printed book containing Ioannis Strobaei, a work of extracts of important Greek texts and authors compiled by Joannes Strobaeus in the 5th century A.D.

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Excised leaf from a parallel Greek and Latin book of the works of Athanasius (archbishop of Alexandria, d. 373 A.D.) printed in 1557. Printed in roman type and italic Greek type, originally pp. 479-480 of its volume. 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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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...