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mss0029 Herbert Kraft Papers Mss 0029 The Monsignor Field Archives & Special Collection Center Walsh Library, 400 South Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ 07079 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-08-13T09:44-0400 Herbert Kraft papers Mss 0029 The Monsignor Field Archives & Special Collection Center 9.0 Folders ca. 750-1950 Biography of Herbert Kraft Herbert Clemens Kraft (1927–2000) was a professor Emeritus of anthropology at Seton Hall University, director of the Museum of Archeology at Seton Hall and the world's foremost expert on the Lenape Indians. Kraft was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1927. He graduated from Seton Hall University in 1950 and finished his graduate work at Seton Hall in 1961 and at Hunter College in 1969, with degrees in history and anthropology respectively. Kraft later became a professor of anthropology at Seton Hall. He wrote numerous books about archaeology in New Jersey, the Lenape and the Paleo-indians of New Jersey, as well as over 170 articles in his career. Scope and Contents The collection is contained in nine (9) folders; (1)European Manuscripts: a collection of pages from manuscripts of European origin in various languages from 1250-1770, (2)Near Eastern Books and Manuscripts: a collection of pages from various texts from the Neareast from 793-1900, (3)Bibles, (4)Incunabula (copies of books produced in the early stages of movable type, usually before 1501), (5)Far Eastern Books and Manuscripts, (6)19th and 20th Century printed books, (7)18th Century Printed books, (8)17th Century Printed Books, and (9)16th Century Pronted Books. The material is mainly assorted pages from various books and manuscripts that span the time from 793 AD to the early twentith century. Most of the items consist of an original page from the time listed on each item that is glued along one edge to a folded black cardboard backer which acts as a book cover. Along with the original document there is many times a photocopy of the glued side of the original from the 1920s when the collection was presumably first inventoried into the Kraft collection. In the cases where a photocopy is a page in an item, it is listed as such in the physical description of the item. Arrangement note The collection is contained in nine (9) folders; (1)European Manuscripts, (2)Near Eastern Books and Manuscripts, (3)Bibles, (4)Incunabula (copies of books produced in the early stages of movable type, usually before 1501), (5)Far Eastern Books and Manuscripts, (6)19th and 20th Century printed books, (7)18th Century Printed books, (8)17th Century Printed Books, and (9)16th Century Pronted Books. Preferred Citation note Herbert Kraft papers. Monsignor William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center, Seton Hall University. Conditions Governing Access note Collection is open to researchers at the Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center. Advance appointments are required for the use of archival materials. Kraft, Herbert C., (Herbert Clemens), 1927-2000 Illumination of books and manuscripts Manuscripts--Asia Manuscripts--Europe Printing--History Bibles Series 1 ca.900-1948 Pages from the New testament in Greek Bibles 1678 6.5"x8" 4 pages Custodial History note B-24 Pages from a Latin version of the Bible Bibles 1497 4.5"x6.5" 4 pages Custodial History note B-5 Pages from Martin Luther's German transalation of the Bible 00290032 & 00290033 Bibles 1550 4 pages 9.5"x14.5" Custodial History note B-14 Biographical/Historical note Pages from Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible, published by the heirs of Hans Kraft at Wittenberg in 1584. This version of the Bible is as famous in Germany as the King James version is in England. It is a historical landmark, both in a literacy and a political sense, for it not only indicated the rise of the liberal middle class at the expense of the old fuedal and ecclesiastical aristocracy, but also fixed the norm of literacy expression in German speaking countries. Luther, apparently realizing the tremendous importance of his task, was scrupulously careful in choosing the forms and vocabulary of his "Germeindeutsch" in order to produce a homogeneous native work. In this he was so successful that he may be said to have endowed Germany with a uniform literary language. Many of the illustrations of this edition were taken from Lufft"s editionof 1550. These were designed by Hans Brosamer of the Saxon school(whose most illustrious artist was Lucas Cranach), while the work of Brosamer's collaborators is no whit inferior. The type face used in this edition is typically Germanand is known as Fraktur. Pages from the first King James Bible in popuar edition Bibles 1612 6.5"x8.5" 6 pages Custodial History note B-17 Pages from a Hebrew Bible Bibles 1544 7"x10" 4 pages Custodial History note B-9 Pages from a Bible for the blind in raised type Bibles 1879 11.5"x15" 2 pages Custodial History note B-31 Painting of the passion of the Christ from an Ethiopian Bible 00290031 Bibles 1490 4.5"x6.5" 4 pages Custodial History note B-4 Biographical/Historical note This original minuature painting of the passion of Jesus Christ is from a hand written Ethiopian Bible. The book was produced and illustrated on vellum about 1490 A.D. The brilliant colors and striking Byzantine characteristics are typical of this era and type of book. Pages from a Greek Bible Bibles ca. 900 5.5"x8" 3 pages Custodial History note B-1 Pages from the first printed transalation in Irish of the Old Teastament Bibles 1685 7.5"x9.5" 4 pages Custodial History note B-25 Pages from Latin Bible 00290030 Bibles 1520 10"x13.5" 1 two sided page Custodial History note B-7 Biographical/Historical note This page, from a Latin version of the Bible, was printed for Antonius Koberger of Nuremburg by Johannas Marion at Lyons in 1520. The type of employed here is a modifid gothic which had been in high favor for several decades. The woodcut illustrations were made especially for this edition by Hans Springinkleeand E. Schoen. Pages from "Biblia Nona Germanica" or "Ninth German Bible" Bibles 1483 10.5"x15" 1 single sided page and 1 two sided page Custodial History note B-3 Pages from the Vulgate edition of the Bible Bibles 1628 5"x7.5" 2 two sided pages Custodial History note B-20 Pages from a Huguenot Bible Bibles ca. 1650 4"x6.5" 2 two sided pages Custodial History note B-22 Pages from John Elliot's Indian Bible Bibles 1663 6"x7.5" 3 two sided pages Custodial History note B-23 Pages from a Sanscrit Bible Bibles 1844 5.5"x8.5" 1 single sided page and 1 two sinded page Custodial History note B-28 Pages from a Syrian Bible Bibles 1846 8.5"x11.5" 1 two sided page and 1 single photocopy Custodial History note B-29 Pages form New Testament Bibles 1865 7.5"x10" 1 two sided page and 1 single sided photocopy Custodial History note B-30 Pages from the Hebrew Pentateuch Bibles 1617 6.5"x9" 2 two sided pages Custodial History note B-19 Illustrations from the Old Testament 00290028 & 00290029 Bibles 1830 4.5"x7.5" 2 single sided pages Custodial History note B-27 Biographical/Historical note Icones Veteris Testamenti, or ilustrations of the Old Testament, from designs by Holbein. The book these pages are from was one of the creations of William Pickering and printed by Charles Whittingham, who, with his nephew, conducted the famous Chiswick Press and bears the imprint, London, 1830. Pages from the the third edition of Chirstopher Saur's German Bible Bibles 1776 8"x10" 2 two sided pages Custodial History note B-26 Pages from the Aldine Greek Bible Bibles 1518 8.5"x13" 1 two sided page and 1 single sided photocopy Custodial History note B-6 Pages from a King James Bible 00290026 & 00290027 Bibles 1577 8.5"x13" 2 two sided pages Custodial History note B-13 Biographical/Historical note Illustrated pages from an old testament edition of the Bible printed in Polish. Pages from a Dutch Bible Bibles ca. 1500 9"x14" 1 two sided page and 1 single sided photocopy Custodial History note B-10 Pages from the fourth and last edition of the mysterious Matthew's Bible Bibles 1551 8"x13" 2 two sided pages Custodial History note B-11 Pages from a Latin Bible Bibles 1558 10.5"x15" 2 two sided pages Custodial History note B-12 Pages from an English translation of the Bible Bibles 1600 6.5"x8.5" 4 two sided pages Custodial History note B-15 Pages from a King James Bible Bibles 1613 11"x16" 2 two sided pages Custodial History note B-18 Pages from Biblia Picturis Illustrata 00290025 Bibles 1540 5"x7.5" 1 two sided page Custodial History note B-8 Biographical/Historical note The Biblia Picturis Illustrata, printed in Paris in 1540 by Pierre Regnault, was one of the many popular editions of the Bible brought out in the 16th century. The woodcut illustraions on this page are the work of Iohannes Frank, a pupil od Hans Holbein. Pages from the Vulgate Bible Bibles 1482 9.5"x13.5" 1 two sided page and 1 single sided photocopy Custodial History note B-2 Pages from a perspectus of the Bruce Rogers World Bible Bibles 1948 13.5"x19" 4 two sided pages Custodial History note B-32 Parchment, Vellum from unidentified source ca.900-1948 Incunabula Series 2 1469-1500 Page from the first edition of "Epistoleae Diversorum Philosophorum Oratorum Rhetorum Sex et Viginit" Incunabula 1499 6"x8" One 2 sided page and one single side photocopy Custodial History note IN-18 Pages from the first illustrated edition of Horace Incunabula 1498 8.5"x12" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note IN-17 Pages from the Chronicarum Supplementum Incunabula 1486 8.5"x12.5" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note IN-7 Page from the Epistles of ST. Jerome Incunabula 1469 9"x13" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note IN-2 Pages from De Imitatione Christi of Thomas A Kempis Incunabula 1494 9"x12.5" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note IN-13 Pages from Higden's Polychronicon Incunabula 1482 8.5"x11" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note IN-4 Pages from a digest of civil law Incunabula 1491 11.5"x17" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note IN-10 Pages from The Propositions of Aristotle Incunabula 1493 6"x9" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note IN-12 Pages from the Nuremburg Chronicle Incunabula 1493 12.5"x18.5" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note IN-11 Unknown page Incunabula unknown 8.5"x12.5" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note IN-8 Pages from Fasciculus Temporum 00290006 - 00290011 Incunabula 1474 9"x12.5" Three 2 sided pages Custodial History note IN-6 Biographical/Historical note Pages from Fasciculus Temporum, an early outline of history from the creation of the world to about 1480. Werner Rollewinck, a prolific scholar who finished his days in a Carthusian monestary, was the author of this work, which went through several editions. The first of these was printed by Arnold Ther Hoeren in Cologne in 1474, the specimen here shown being from the fifth edition of Erhard Ratdolt, which he brought out in Venice in 1485. All editions, it may be noted, are almost equally scarce. Prominent rulers and events are placed for emphasis in double circles, which are cut from wood, like the illustrations. The latter show a primitive vigour of line which is characteristic of the best xylographers of the period. The artist, as willl be seen, has made a crude attempt at shading, which his successors so soon refined into the delicate treatment of light and shade known as "colour." The small gothic type employed, while lacking in legibility, gives a fine massed effect, which is perhaps the most outstanding feature of all early printed books. Pages from Saint Bonaventura's Seromones de Tempore et Sanctis Incunabula unknown 7"x11" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note IN-5 Pages from Psalterium Expositio Incunabula 1491 8.5"x11.5" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note IN-9 Page from Infortiatum de Tortis Incunabula 1495 11.5"x17" One 2 sided page Custodial History note IN-14 Pages from Hypnerotomachia Polifili Incunabula 1499 8"x11.5" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note IN-19 Pages from Opus Trivium Incunabula 1500 5.5"x8" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note IN-20 Page from a theological work 00290012& & 00290013 Incunabula ca.1475 8.5"x11" One 2 sided page Custodial History note IN-21 Biographical/Historical note A woodcut illustration from a theological work of the late fifteenth century. The plate portrays a groups of Jewish scholars discoursing over a passage in the scriptures. Note the touch of color on the lips of the figures. Picture books, such as this were extremely popular and some of the finest artists of the day - masters like Albucht Durer and Hans Holbien amoung others, devoted themselves to such illustrations. Unidentified of religious nature Incunabula unknown 10"x15.5" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note IN-22 Page from the works of Lorenzo Valla Incunabula 1496 8"x12" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note IN-16 European Manuscripts Series 3 ca. 1250-1770 A page from a Manuscript Breviary European Manucripts 1430 5"x7.5" one 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note MS-14 Pages from a Latin Manuscript European Manucripts 1434 8.5"x12" four 2 sided pages Custodial History note MS-15 Pages from a manuscript breviary European Manuscripts ca. 1450 4"x5.5" two 2 sided pages Custodial History note MS-16 Pages from a 13th century manupscript European Manuscripts ca. 1250 5.5"x7.5" one 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note MS-2 Illustrations from an Old Testament Bible manuscript 00290018-00290021 European Manuscripts 1650 6"x8" two 2 sided pages Custodial History note B-21 Biographical/Historical note Two illustrated pages from the book of Exodus. The Bible these two pages were taken from was produced in Northern Italy ca. 1650. The paintings are done in pastel water color shades typical of the period. Portion of a page from a 14th century Latin devotional work European Manuscripts ca. 1350 4.5"x6.5 one 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note MS-6 Pages from Latin manusciript European Manuscripts 1460 10.5"x14" two 2 sided pages Custodial History note MS-20 Page from 14th century Latin manuscript European Manuscripts ca.1350 4"x6" one 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note MS-7 Page from 14th century illuminated manuscript breviary 00290022 European Manuscripts ca. 1350 4.5"x7" one 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note MS-5 Biographical/Historical note A fine leaf from an early 14th century illuminated manuscript breviary. This page is typical of it's period, both in size and formation of it's initial letters, as well as the colors employed. It is the work of a monastic scribe and a illuminator. The blue used is probably made of encrusted lapis lazuli, prepared by gringding the stone into a powder and combining the dust with the white of an egg. The red ocher is similarly prepared. The gold has been burnished to make it shine. Pages from 13th century manuscript breviary European Manuscripts ca. 1250 5.5"x7.5" two 2 sided pages Custodial History note MS-3 Pages from a German manuscript European Manuscripts 1669 3.5"x9.5" two 2 sided pages Custodial History note MS-27 Pages from Italian book of homs European Manuscripts ca. 1450 4.5"x6" two 2 sided pages Custodial History note MS-17 Pages from manuscript antiphonary European Manuscripts ca. 1750 11"x16" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note MS-29 Pages from an English manuscript European Manuscripts 1770 1.5"x7.5" one 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note MS-32 Page from an Italian manuscript European Manuscripts ca. 1650 7.5"x10.5" one 2 sided page Custodial History note MS-28 Page from French manuscript (Count of Villars) European Manuscripts 1459 12"x16.5" one 2 sided page Custodial History note MS-18 Pages from a Latin manuscript European Manuscripts ca. 1350 9"x12" two 2 sided pages Custodial History note MS-4 Pages from a manuscript issued by the Anit-Pope Clement VII European Manuscripts 1380 9"x12" one 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note MS-9 Page from Latin manuscript from Guatamala European Manuscripts 1744-1745 6"x8.5" One 2 sided page Custodial History note MS-30 Pages from manuscript legal codex European Manuscripts 1350 10.5"x16" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note MS-8 Pages from an Italian manuscript European Manuscripts ca. 1650 8.5"x13" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note MS-26 Pages from a French Breviary European Manuscripts ca. 1490 5"x7" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note MS-21 Page from manuscript book of offices European Manuscripts 1642 4"x5.5" one 2 sided page Custodial History note MS-25 Pages from the four bookes of husbandry European Manuscripts 1596 5.5"x7.5" two 2 sided pages Custodial History note MS-23 Pages from a Spanish antiphonary 00290023 & 00290024 European Manuscripts 1600 9.5"x14" one 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note MS-24 Biographical/Historical note A page from a Spanish Antiphonary dated 1600. A typical book done at a time when fine calligra[hy had succumbed before teh onslaughts of typography. Page fron a German anti-Catholic diatribe European Manuscripts unknown 6.5"x8.5" one 2 sided page Custodial History note MS-22 Page from a French manuscript European Manuscripts unknown 12"x18" One 2 sided page Custodial History note MS-12 Near Eastern books and manuscripts Series 4 793-ca.1900 Title page from Persian manuscript called "Jung" Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca. 1800 7.5"x4.5" two 2 sided pages Custodial History note NE-26 Page from Coptic manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca. 900 7.5"x9.5" one 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note NE-1 Persian miniature painting 00290016 & 00290017 Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1650 5"x9.5" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note NE-19 Biographical/Historical note A Persian miniature painting of the 17th century depicting human figures in art. Pages from a Persian manuscript called "Shahnama" Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca. 1550 5"x8" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note NE-16 Pages from Persian manuscript called "Rose Garden" Near Eastern books and manuscripts 1563 5.5"x8" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note NE-17 Pages from Persian manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1600 8.5"x13" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note NE-21 Pages from a Persian manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts 1478 6.5"x10" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note NE-14 Page from a Syriac manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1550 6.5"x8.5" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note NE-9 Portion of a page of "Charm of a Mameluke Sultan" Near Eastern books and manuscripts unknown 4"x4.5" One page sealed in plastic Custodial History note NE-15 Pages from Koran Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1800 5.5"x9.5" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note NE-25 Pages from Koran Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1650 5"x7.5" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note NE-10 Pages from Koran Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1100 4.5"x6" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note NE-2 Pages from Koran Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1100 4"x6" One 2 sided page Custodial History note NE-60 Pages from Turkish manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1775 6"x8.5" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note NE-11 Page from a work on health and hygiene Near Eastern books and manuscripts 1833 7.5"x10" One 2 sided page Custodial History note NE-14 Pages from Persian dictionary Near Eastern books and manuscripts 1841 8.5"x13.5" Two single sided pages Custodial History note NE-12 Pages from an Armenian manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts 1741 6"x8.5" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note NE-16 Pages from an Arabic manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1550 4"x6" Two single sided pages Custodial History note NE-128 Pages froma Persian manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1650 9"x14" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note NE-23 Pages from Persian illuminated manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts 793 7"x11" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note NE-22 Page from Arabic maunscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1750 7"x10" one single sided page Custodial History note NE-27 Page from Sanskrit manuscript 00290014 & 00290015 Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1775 7"x4" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note NE-29 Biographical/Historical note Pages from a Sanskrit manuscript, written in the North of india, probably towards the end of the 18th or early 19th century. Although the title of this manuscript has been lost, examination shows it to be of a religious and astrological character. Pages from a Sanskrit manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1775 9"x6" Two pages from a Sanskrit manuscript Custodial History note NE-30 Page from a Sanskrit manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1800 6"x4" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note NE-31 Pages from a Hindu manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts 1389 Two 2 sided pages 6.5"x4" Custodial History note NE-33 Page from Persian text-book Near Eastern books and manuscripts 1827 6"x10" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note NE-32 Pages from Hindi edition of Sankuntala Near Eastern books and manuscripts 1876 7.5"x10" Two 2 sided pages Custodial History note NE-34 Pages from the Koran Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1550 7.5"x12" One 2 sided page Custodial History note NE-3 Page from an Arabic manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1450 6.5"x8.5" One 2 sided page Custodial History note NE-5 Page from an Armenian manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts 1831 4"x6.5" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note NE-7 Page from a Nestorian Syriac manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1550 8.5"x6.5" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note NE-8 Page from a Persian manuscript Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1650 11"x15.5" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note NE-24 Page from Koran Near Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1400 7"x11" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note NE-13 Far Eastern books and manuscripts Series 5 1167-1850 Page from the history of Rama 00290004 & 00290005 Far Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1850 8"x13" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note FE-20 Biographical/Historical note Pages from a Javanese manuscript of the nineteenth century - the History of Rama, rendered into modern Javanese from Kavi, the old literature of the Island, which consisted largely of hindu mythology, modified and localized by patriotic scribes. The Javanese language is commonly understood to mean that spoken in teh central, populous part of the island. While it ranks as one of teh most cultivated of teh Malay Polynesian tou=ngues, philogists have difficulty in tracing its origin, partly owing to the scarcity of its early literature, and party to the intermixture of other languages; Sanskrit on the one hand, and on the other, Malay, Arabic, and Sudanese. Pages from a Japanese book Far Eastern books and manuscripts 1802 6.5"x11" Two single sided pages Custodial History note FE-15 Pages from a Japanse block-printed book Far Eastern books and manuscripts 1703 7.5"x11" One sigle sided page that is folded and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note FE-13 a page from a Sinhalese Taliput manuscript Far Eastern books and manuscripts ca. 1750 1.5"x11" one page printed on a Taliput palm leaf Custodial History note FE-16 Pages from a Siamese manuscript Far Eastern books and manuscripts ca. 1825 4.5"x14" Two single sided pages Custodial History note FE-19 Page from a block-printed Chinese book Far Eastern books and manuscripts 1167 9"x12.5" One single sided page that is folded Custodial History note FE-2 Page from a Japanese manuscript Far Eastern books and manuscripts 1395 7"x10.5" One single sided page Custodial History note FE-19 Page from a Burmese Taliput manuscript Far Eastern books and manuscripts ca. 1750 2.5"x18.5" One single page printed on a Taliput palm leaf Custodial History note FE-18 Page from Ise Monogatari Far Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1650 8"x11" 3 pages Custodial History note FE-12 Pages from a Buddhist manuscript Far Eastern books and manuscripts 1449 7"x10.5" Two pages Custodial History note FE-10 Unknown pages possible from Chinese or Buddhist origin Far Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1650 5"x12" 4 pages Custodial History note FE-11 Pages from Japanese manuscript 00290003 Far Eastern books and manuscripts 1789 9"x12" One page folded Custodial History note FE-14 Biographical/Historical note This leaf, printed in Tokyo, Japan in 1789, is from a ten volume pictorial work of general information, especially adapted to children. The descriptive text, a running commentary on the illustrations, reproduces a cursive script, which consists of Hirogana, the more popular of the two Japanese syllabaries known as Kana. Pages from a Chinese book of rubbings 00290001 & 00290002 Far Eastern books and manuscripts 1827 6"x11.5" Two pages Custodial History note FE-4 Biographical/Historical note Pages from a Chinese Book of Rubbings, consisting of portraits of leading statesmen, philosophers, scholars, etc., with brief eulogies prepared by Sung Yun, and dated 1827. "Illustratious deeds come only from virture," reads the forward in huge characters covering four pages. The portrait sketch has a statuary quality, traditional to Chinese tablet engraving, and the calligraphy is in the best "modern style, which, by the way, has been in use for more than eight centuries. Pages from a Chinese manuscript Far Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1650 5"x12" Two pages Custodial History note FE-3 Page from a Mongolian manuscript Far Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1700 4"x12.5" One page Custodial History note FE-5 Page from a Mongolian manuscript Far Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1700 4"x12.5" One page Custodial History note FE-6 Page from a Mongolian manuscript Far Eastern books and manuscripts ca.1700 4"x12.5" One page Custodial History note FE-7 16th century printed books Series 6 1500-1599 Pages from a Spanish missal 16th century printed books 1525 11"x16.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-23 Pages from the commentaries of Bartolus de Saxoferrato 16th century printed books 1521 11"x15.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-19 Pages from Livy 00290046 & 00290047 16th century printed books 1596 8.5"x13.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-61 Biographical/Historical note A German translation of Livy, printed at Strassburg by Theodosius Rihel in 1596. Livy was the most popular Roman historian during the Renaissance in Europe, and his works were published in almost every country that possessed a printing press. Furthermore, each translation ran into many editions, usually with illustrations. The artist who illustrated tRihel's Livy was Tobias Stimmer, a follower of Durer, whose influence is plainly seen in these woodcuts, although the austere strength has been reduced by over elaboration and excessive detail. Pages from The History of his own Times by Paulus Jovius 16th century printed books 1553 9"x13" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-36 Pages from The Jewish War 16th century printed books 1554 8.5"x13" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-35 Pages from Portraits et Vies des Hommes Illustres 00290048 16th century printed books 1584 10"x15" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-56 Biographical/Historical note Portraits et Vies des Hommes Illustres, par Andre Thevet, Angoumoysin, Premier Cosmographe du Roy. From the press of Kervert and Chaudiere, Paris 1584. The complete work contains nearly 700 folios with a wealth of portraits. Engraving on copper, which had long flourished in Germany and the low countries as well as in Italy, was at this period coming into vogue in Paris. Page from The City of God 16th century printed books 1544 9.5"x14.5" one 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note 16-30R Pages from the twelve books of the Orations of Quintilian 16th century printed books 1527 9"x14" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-25 Pages from Portiforium 16th century printed books 1555 6.5"x9" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-37 Pages from De Aquatilibus 00290036 & 00290037 16th century printed books 1553 7"x4.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-34 Biographical/Historical note De Aquatilibus, by Pierre Belon, a famous physician and traveller. Since he has based much of his matter on individual investigation, and was not content with merely citing classical authorities, Belon may be considered the earliest ichthyologist, a zoologist who studies fish. De Aquatilibus was printed by Charles Stephanus, son of Henry Stephanus, founder of the house, at Paris in 1553. Pages from a theological treatise 16th century printed books 1527 5"x7" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-24R Pages from a Breviary 16th century printed books ca.1575 4"x5.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-33R Pages from German prayer book 16th century printed books 1520 4"x5.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-17R Pages from Lucian 16th century printed books 1545 4.5"x7" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-31 Pages from Historia de Grntibus Septentrionalibus 16th century printed books 1555 8"x10.5" 1 page Custodial History note 16-39m Pages from a Greek dictionary 16th century printed books ca.1550 7.5"x12" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-40 Pages from Cosmographia Unversalis 16th century printed books 1559 8"x12" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-41 Pages from English book of laws 16th century printed books 1559 7.5"x11" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-43 Pages from the collected works of Thomas Becon 16th century printed books 1564 7.5"x11" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-44R Pages from Metamorphoses 16th century printed books 1565 8.5"x12" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-45 Pages from Euclid 16th century printed books 1565 6"x8.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-46 Pages from book of services 16th century printed books 1570 6.5"x9" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-47R Pages from Liber-Sextus 16th century printed books 1572 7"x9.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-48R Pages from German book of laws 16th century printed books 1572 6"x7.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-49 Pages from Symbolicarum Quaestionum de Universo Genere 00290033 & 00290034 16th century printed books 1574 6"x8.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-50 Biographical/Historical note From Symbolicarum Quaestionum de Universo Genere, a treatise on symbols and emblems by Achille Bocci, published by the Society of the Press at Bolgna in 1574. The illustrations are by Giulio Bonasone, a well-known painter and engraver of that city, who was strongly influenced by his predessor Raphael. The text on the reverse side of the illustrations is printed in italic, with headings in roman capitals. Pages from a Catholike and Ecclesiasticall Exposition 16th century printed books 1575 8"x11.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-51R Pages from a Roman Missal 16th century printed books 1576 4.5"x7" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-52R Page from L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo 00290038 16th century printed books 1576 8"x11.5" one page Custodial History note 16-53 Biographical/Historical note L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo, a description of the world's most famous islands, by Tomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione of Arezzo. Published by Simon Galignani and Girolamo Porro at Venice in 1576. It was Porro who did the engraving, but Porcacchi was probably responsible for the cartography. The engraver has anticipated the process of stipple engraving, which was to become popular two canturies later. It involved using a punch to to produce the effect of water, thus contrasting it with the land. The "World's Most Famous Islands" is amusingly incomplete as it omits; Japan, Java, Greenland, and Australia while giving extra importance to the tiny islets of teh Aegean Sea. Pages from Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes 16th century printed books 1579 8.5"x12.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-54 Pages from the sermons of John Calvin 16th century printed books 1583 7.5"x11.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-55R Pages from Estatutos Generales de Barcelona 16th century printed books 1585 6"x8" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-57R Page from a Spanish Treatise on Civil and Criminal Law 16th century printed books 1595 8"x11" one 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note 16-59 Page from an Old English rules for purchasing land 16th century printed books 1596 5"x7.5" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note 16-60 Pages from the four bookes of husbandry 16th century printed books 1596 6"x7.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-222 Page from Geographiae Universae 16th century printed books 1597 7"x9" 1 page Custodial History note 16-63 Pages from the works of Geoffrey Chaucer 16th century printed books 1598 8"x12" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-64 Pages from Icones Sive Imagines 00290039-00290042 16th century printed books ca.1550 6"x8.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-65 Page from Les Metamorphoses 00290043 16th century printed books ca.1550 6.5"x8" 1 page Custodial History note 16-66 Biographical/Historical note Unknown work Pages from Commentariorum in Ordinationes Regias Castellae 16th century printed books 1574 8"x11" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-67 Pages from The New Testament 16th century printed books 1548 7.5"x11" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-32R Pages from Tabulae Eclypsium 16th century printed books 1514 8"x12" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-11 Pages from Dante's Divine Comedy 16th century printed books 1529 8.5"x11.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-27 Pages from Chaucer 16th century printed books 1542 8"x12" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-29 Pages from Arbor Scientiae 16th century printed books 1505 8.5"x11.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-2R Pages from Navis Stultifera 00290044 & 00290045 16th century printed books 1506 5.5"x8" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-3 Biographical/Historical note Navis Stultifera, a Latin version of the satirical German poem, Das Narrenschiff, or the Ship of Fools, by Sebastian Brant, translated into Latin Verse by Jacob Locher, a poet and playwright of the early Renaissance. Printed by Nicolaus Lamparter at basle in 1506. The Ship of Fools, though it originated in the mediaeval conception of the fool who figured so largely in pageants and morality plays, reflects a transitional period in popular thought. The fool is no longer an abstraction like the Rake and Harlot of Hogarth, he is a man indulging in a particular sin or vice. Pages from a book of Sermons 16th century printed books 1509 6"x8.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-4R Pages from a textbook 16th century printed books 1510 8"x11.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-5 Pages from Commentaries on Boetius 16th century printed books 1512 7.5"x10.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-6 Pages from Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul 16th century printed books 1513 6"x8.5" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note 16-7R Pages from Chronicon of Sigebert of Gembloux 16th century printed books 1513 6.5"x9" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-10 Pages from Transito de la Muerte 16th century printed books 1540 6"x8" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note 16-28 Pages from the Saturnalia of Macrobius 16th century printed books 1513 8.5"x12" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-8 Pages from Cornucopia of Nicholas Perottus 16th century printed books 1513 8.5"x12.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-9 Pages from Postille Majores Cum Questionibus 16th century printed books 1525 7"x10" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-22R Pages from Nova Legenda Angliae 16th century printed books 1516 7.5"x11" 3 pages Custodial History note 16-12R Pages from minor classical authors 16th century printed books 1516 8.5"x12.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-13 Pages from Aeneis Vergiliana 16th century printed books 1517 9"x13" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-15 Pages from Hortus Sanitatis 16th century printed books 1517 8.5"x12.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-16 Pages from Las Quatorze Decadas de Tito Livio 16th century printed books 1520 8"x11" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-18 Pages from La Coronica 16th century printed books ca.1475 8.5"x12" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-21 Pages from Fasti 16th century printed books 1527 6"x8.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 16-26 17th century printed books Series 7 1600-1699 Pages from the Justinian code 17th century printed books 1602 10"x16" Two pages Custodial History note 17-1 Page from an illustrated history of the Dacian Wars 00290060 & 00290061 17th century printed books 1616 18"x12.5" One page Custodial History note 17-2 Biographical/Historical note Taken from the column of the Roman emperor Trajan. Alfonso Ciacon, a Spanish scholar and divine, wrote the description. The engravings were made by Francesco Villamena who followed not only the reliefs on the columns but also a previous series of reproductions by Giulio Romano, Raphael's foremost pupil. Printed by Jacobus Mascardi at Rome in 1616. Page from Nuova Seconda Selva 17th century printed books 1616 6"x8" One page Custodial History note 17-3 Pages from A Guide to Tongues 17th century printed books 1617 10"x15.5" Two pages Custodial History note 17-4 Pages from the life of Jesus Christ 00290059 17th century printed books 1618 7"x11" One page Custodial History note 17-6R Biographical/Historical note Translated into Dutch from the Latin of Ludolphus of Saxony, a Carthusian monk, and printed by Peter van Ghelen at Antwerp in 1618. The work consists of passages from the Scriptures, prayers and pious meditations. Pages from an Irish law book 17th century printed books 1621 7"x10.5" Two pages Custodial History note 17-7 Pages from Hieroglyphica 17th century printed books 1622 6"x7.5" Two pages Custodial History note 17-8R Page from Graduale 17th century printed books ca.1650 13"x17.5" One page Custodial History note 17-9R Pages from Annalles of Elizabeth 17th century printed books 1625 7"x9" Two pages Custodial History note 17-10 Pages from A relation of a Journey Begun A.D. 1610 00290057 & 00290058 17th century printed books 1627 7.5"x11" Two pages Custodial History note 17-12M Biographical/Historical note The complete work contains a description of the Turkish Empire, Egypt, The Holy Land, the remote parts of Italy, and islands adjining. Printed for Robert Allot at London in 1627 in four volumes. The maps contained in the work, while not always accurate, are quite detailed. Pages from Empresas Politicas 00290055 & 00290056 17th century printed books 7"x9" 2 pages Custodial History note 17-41 Biographical/Historical note A laudatory exposition of the grandeur of teh Spanish. This is a typical example of Spanish copper plate engraving of the seventeenth century. Pages from Parliamentary Acts 17th century printed books 1695 7"x11" 2 pages Custodial History note 17-38 Pages from Medalische Historie der Republyk van Holland 00290052-00290054 17th century printed books 1690 7"x9" 3 pages Custodial History note 17-35 Biographical/Historical note A pictorial history of the Netherlands as seen in coins and medals. The book was printed in Amsterdam in 1690 by Pieter Moetier. Pages from Chronicon Saxonicum 17th century printed books 1692 7.5"x9.5" 3 pages Custodial History note 17-36 Pages from Clement of Alexandria 17th century printed books 1688 9.5"x14" 2 page Custodial History note 17-34R Pages from a Scottish Law Book 17th century printed books 1686 7"x11.5" 3 pages Custodial History note 17-33 Pages from fourth folio of Shakespear's plays 17th century printed books 1685 9"x14.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 17-32a Pages from Thesaurus Brevium 17th century printed books 1687 8"x12" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note 17-30 Pages from the New World of words 17th century printed books 1678 8"x12.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 17-29a Page from Amsterdam text 17th century printed books 1670 8.5"x12.5" 1 page Custodial History note 17-27 Pages from Virorum Illustrium 17th century printed books 1674 7.5"x11.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 17/28R Pages from the Iconologia of Cesare Ripa of Peruglia 17th century printed books 1669 6.5"x9" 2 pages Custodial History note 17-26 Pages form Book of Common Prayers 17th century printed books 1662 7.5"x11.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 17-21R Pages from Idea Principis Christiano Politici 17th century printed books 1659 3"x5.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 17-19 Pages from Coustumes de Touraine 17th century printed books 1661 7.5"x9.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 17-20 Pages from De Indiae Utriusque re Natural et Medica 17th century printed books 1658 9"x14.5" One page Custodial History note 17-18 Page from Workes of Benjamin Jonson 17th century printed books 1640 7.5"x11.5" one page Custodial History note 17-17 Pages from Book of Rituals 17th century printed books 1639 7.5"x11" 2 pages Custodial History note 17-16R Pages from a display of Heraldrie 17th century printed books 1638 7.5"x11" 2 pages Custodial History note 17-15 Page from the Herball of John Gerard 17th century printed books 1633 9"x14" 1 page Custodial History note 17-14 Pages from Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy 17th century printed books 1632 7.5"x11.5" 2 pages Custodial History note 17-13 Pages from La Sicilia di Filippo Paruta 17th century printed books 1612 9.5"x11.5" 3 pages Custodial History note 17-39 Pages from Republic Series 17th century printed books 1626 2.5"x4.5" 3 pages17th century printed books Custodial History note 17-11 Pages from Argomento 17th century printed books ca.1650 7"x10" 2 pages Custodial History note 17-42 Pages from Virgil 17th century printed books 1697 9.5"x14.5" 11 pages Custodial History note 17-40a Pages from the Effigies of the Most Eminent Painters 00290049 17th century printed books 1694 8"x12.5" 1 page Custodial History note 17-37 Biographical/Historical note Engraved on 125 copper plates in Antwerp in 1649 for and by Jean Meyssens. The books was printed in 1694 Pages from thefirst edition of Paradise Lost 00290050 & 00290051 17th Century Printed Books 1667 2 pages Custodial History note 17-25 Biographical/Historical note Milton's epic poem was begun at the start of the restoration, and although this analysis of his life of lost ideals was planned in 1640, it was not completed until 1665. It was first published in 1667 in ten books. For Paradise Lost, Milton received five punds as the intitial payment and five pounds additional on the sale of the first three editions, with each edition reaching 1500 copies. In addition to the total of ten pounds for his work, Milton's widow settled all claims on the publication for eight pounds, a total of eighteen pounds for nearly a decade of work producing a classic in English literature. 18th century printed books Series 8 1700-1799 Pages from Aurelius Clemens Prudentius 18th century printed books 1788 9"x12" Two pages Custodial History note 18-19 Pages from Fenelon's Telemachus 00290067 & 00290068 18th century printed books 1792 8"x10.5" Two pages Custodial History note 18-20 Biographical/Historical note Printed by J. Davis for C. Taylor in London, 1792 Page from The Works of Virgil 18th century printed books 1778 8"x13" One page Custodial History note 18-18 Page from the book of common prayer 18th century printed books 1762 6.5"x9.5" Two pages Custodial History note 18-15 Pages from Lucan's Pharsalia 18th century printed books 1760 9"x12" Two pages Custodial History note 18-17 Page from Dr. Johnson's dictionary 18th century printed books 1760 10.5"x16.5" One page Custodial History note 18-14 Illustration of a map of Chesire 00290066 18th century printed books ca.1760 8"x13" One page Custodial History note 18-13 Pages from The New Jersey Journal 18th century printed books 1795 11"x17.5" Two pages Custodial History note 18-22 Pages from the tables of logarithms 18th century printed books 1742 9.5"x12" Three pages Custodial History note 18-10 Page from Hebrew Responsa 00290065 18th century printed books 1736 8.5"x12.5" One page Biographical/Historical note By Joseph Kasabi Ben Nissam and published by his grandson, Moses Kasabi in Constantinople, 1736. Custodial History note 18-9R Page from Lucan's Pharsalia 00290064 18th century printed books 1718 10"x16" One page Custodial History note 18-4 Biographical/Historical note Translated into English verse by Nicholas Rowe and printed for Jacob Tonson in London, 1718. Page from Phaedri Aug. Leberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V 18th century printed books 1701 8"x10.5" One page Custodial History note 18-1 Page from Les Augutes Representtions de Tous Les Roys de France 00290063 18th century printed books 1714 8.5"x11.5" One page Custodial History note 18-3 Biographical/Historical note A collection of copper engraved portraits of the kings of France from Pharamond to Louis XV. Pages from the sonnets of Antonmaria Salvini 18th century printed books 1728 8"x11" Two pages Custodial History note 18-6 Pages from the Evening Post of London 18th century printed books 1721 8"x10" Two pages Custodial History note 18-5 Pages from Constitutiones de Jure Jurando 18th century printed books 1706 7.5"x9.5" Three pages Custodial History note 18-2 Pages from Shakespear 18th century printed books 1796 4"x7" Two pages Custodial History note 18-23 Page from the New England Primer 18th century printed books 1795 3"x4" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note 18-21 Pages from A Collection of Voyages and Travels 00290062 18th century printed books 1745 8"x10.5" Two pages Custodial History note 18-11 Biographical/Historical note A popular travel set typical of the commercial publishing that reached enormous proportions before the end of the 18th century. Printed by Thomas Astley a London in 1745. 19th & 20th century printed books Series 9 1800-1999 Pages from a French missal 19th & 20th century printed books 1858 5"x7" Two pages Custodial History note 19-10R Page from the works of Sallust 19th & 20th century printed books 1863 8.5"x11" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note 19-11 Page from Master Wace 00290072 19th & 20th century printed books ca.1850 5.5"x9" One2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note 19-9 Pages from the book of Gems 00290070 & 00290071 19th & 20th century printed books 1837 5.5"x9" Two pages Custodial History note 19-8 Pages from the New York Mirror and Ladies' Literary Gazette 19th & 20th century printed books 1829 10"x12.5" Three pages Custodial History note 19-5 Pages from Marmion 19th & 20th century printed books 1808 8.5"x11" Two pages Custodial History note 19-1 Page from a french book of costume plates 00290069 19th & 20th century printed books 1830 8.5"x11.5" One page Custodial History note 19-6R Biographical/Historical note Done in chrome lithography and colored by hand. It represents an ecclesiastic of the Roman Catholic Church. Fom the press of H. Jannin in Paris, 1830. Illustrated music sheet from W Loive at Vauschall 19th & 20th century printed books ca. 1850 5.5"x9" One 2 sided page and one single sided photocopy Custodial History note 19-14 Page from fables of Aesop 19th & 20th century printed books 1832 5.5"x9" One page Custodial History note 19-7 Pages from the Book of Wisdom and Lies 19th & 20th century printed books 1894 6"x8.5" Two pages Custodial History note 19-12 Pages from Child Christopher and Goldilind the fair 19th & 20th century printed books 1895 4"x6" Three pages Custodial History note 19-13 Pages from Arte Poetica 19th & 20th century printed books ca.1850 2"x3" Two pages Custodial History note 19-3 Pages from Paradise Lost 19th & 20th century printed books 1828 2"x3.5" Two pages Custodial History note 19-4 Pages from Horace 19th & 20th century printed books 1824 2"x3.5" Four pages Custodial History note 19-2 |