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April 2008
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Tasso, Torquato La Gerusalemme liberata Londra: Presso C. Corrall; a spese di G. Pickering, 1822 Call Number: Z 232 .P59 T37 1882 v.1 & 2 Housed in Miniature Books Collection, Rare Book Room. Tasso's work is presented here in Italian, in the ca. 4.5 point "Diamond Type", printed by Charles Corrall for William Pickering as part of his Diamond Classics. The volume is in the original publisher's red textured cloth, with applied printed spine labels. There is an added engraved frontispiece, and publisher's advertisements at the end of v. 2. Affixed to the inside of the back cover of v. 1 is newspaper clipping about the finding of a pawn ticket signed by Tasso. |
March 2008
| Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus Londini: Gulielmus Pickering, 1824 (1826 printing) Call number: Z 232 .P59 Q56 1824 c.2 Housed in Miniature Books Collection, Rare Book Room. Unbound sheets for the 2nd printing of Pickering's Diamond Classics Horace. Includes a sheet with the 1828 engraved frontispiece. The 1820 printing of the Horace was the first volume of Pickering's Diamond Classics. These unbound sheets are a rare survival, showing how the pages would have been received from the printer, C. Corrall. Purchased jointly by the Rare Book Room and the School of Library and Information Science. |
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| Novum Testamentum Graecum Londini: Gulielmus Pickering, 1828 Call number: Z 232 .P59 N68 1828 Housed in Miniature Books Collection, Rare Book Room. The text of this New Testament is printed entirely in a Greek type of a font size about 4.5 points. This example is bound in the original reddish cloth with applied printed spine label. The pages are "unopened" or "uncut", indicating that the book was never read. At the end of the volume is included a catalog of other volumes published by Pickering, including both the miniature Diamond Classics as well as full-sized works. |
February 2008
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Helvetiorum respublica. Diversorum autorum quorum nonnulli nunc primum in lucem prodeunt. Lugd. Bat. : Ex officina Elzeviriana., 1627. Call number: DQ22 .H458 1627 Shelved in the Small Books Cabinet, Rare Book & Texana Collections. 1st edition of the 3 published the same year, without the tail-pieces of the 2nd ed. Mainly a reprint of Josias Simmler's De republica Helvetiorum (p. 26-484); to which is added a short work by Daniel L'Ermite and three small anonymous works. Bound in 18th century full mottled calf leather with gilt rules and floral ornament on front and back boards. Remains of ties/clasps. Hand-inked spine title, and hand-inked title on top-edge of text-block. |
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Homer Homerri Ilias et Odyssea London: Gulielmus Pickering, 1831 Call number: Z232.P59 H664 1831 v.1 & 2 Shelved in the Miniature Books Collection, Rare Book Room. One of Pickering's "Diamond Classics" series, these volumes are printed in Greek, retain their original publisher's cloth bindings, and are "unopened" - the pages are uncut and in their original state from the printer. |
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Sherman, E. Helene ABC's of Boston Charlestown, Mass.: Emporium Publications, [between 1965 and 1972]
From the collection of Robert E. Massmann, with his bookplate inside front cover, and an extensive presentation inscription by Sherman to Massmann on verso of title page. This volume inspired a similar work published by Massmann's REM Miniatures press, "A Boston Cordial" (1981) using many of the same illustrations by Sherman. |
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3 miniatures published by Texas printer Yolanda Carter at her Amistad Press: Carter, Yolanda. First aid for the soul Austin, Tex.: Amistad Press, 1977. Call Number: Z232.A54 F577 1977 Shelved in the Miniature Books Collection, Rare Book Room. Carter, Yolanda. Nonsense. Austin, Tex.: Amistad Press, [1978], c1977. Call Number: Z232.A54 N66 1977 Shelved in the Miniature Books Collection, Rare Book Room. Carroll, Lewis, illustrated and summarized by Carter, Yolanda. Through the looking glass Austin, Tex.: Amistad Press, 1979 Call number: Z232.A54 T476 1979b Shelved in the Miniature Books Collection, Rare Book Room. 2 different sized editions were published the same year, this being the smallest. 300 copies total were printed. |
January 2008
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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments. London: G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1949. Call number: BS 185 1849 .L66 Bound in black papier-mâché panels. These fragile and ornate bindings were created in the mid-1800's, and were frequently used on texts related to the late medieval era or on religious texts.  |
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Ritson, Joseph. Pieces of ancient popular poetry: from authentic manuscripts and old printed copies. London: William Pickering, 1833. Call number: PR1181 .P54 1833 Published by William Pickering, this is the 2nd edition of these tales, and retains the woodcuts done by John and Thomas Bewick. |