Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. Unbound. This leaf (M.XXXI-M.XXXII) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Des Monstres. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. The two images on this leaf show (roughly translated..... More
Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. Unbound. This leaf (M.CXCI-M.CXCII) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Aphorismes. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus, sometimes known as Galen of..... More
Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. Unbound. This leaf (VIII.CIX-VIII.CX) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Des Venins. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. The upper right corner of the leaf is missing..... More
Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. This leaf (M.XXV-M.XXVI) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Des Monstres. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. The four images on this leaf show (roughly translated from..... More
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania: 1900. Notebook. This 8”x10” journal 152 pages of which approximately two-thirds are filled with text. Four additional pages of text are laid in. The handwriting is legible, binding sound, and hinges intact. The reattached front free endpaper is inscribed, “M. Emilie Evans / Phoenixville Hospital / Penna. /..... More
Juneau, Alaska and Portland, Oregon: 1948. Unbound. Two-page typed letter, unsigned. The letter is datelined, “Morningside, Hospital. / Montaville, Station. / Portland, Oregon. / Sept, 23, 1948,” and is in nice shape. Eino Mack was the son of a Finnish emigrant who worked for the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company..... More
Various locations: [circa 1895 – 1925]. This archive consists of four medical school tests, eight letters, and one handbill advertising the sale of Grace’s mansion. All in nice shape, however, worn mailing envelopes accompany three of the letters. Grace was the daughter of Abraham Hillard Frances, a prosperous..... More
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC: American Red Cross, 1917-1918. Various. This archive consists of one American Red Cross membership card, two American Red Cross donation receipts, four official letters discussing American Red Cross certification on official American Red Cross letterhead (three with their postally use mailing envelopes), one postcard discussing..... More
Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1578. Disbound. The "Monster of Krakow" from Cosmographia, das ist: Beschreibung der gantzen Welt by Sebastian Munster. Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1578. Disbound. This disbound leaf from Munsters Cosmographia measures 8" x 13.5". It contains two woodcuts, one showing the Monster of Krakow and the other, the..... More
St. Louis: 1936 (from the date of the advertisement's appearance in the newspaper). Unbound. The advertising proof shows a portrait photograph of Mr. August Siever and announces that he has left his position as the manager of the Geo. D. Fisher Optical Co. and is now associated with the Optical..... More
