History of the Book: Leaf Collection,

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1 Overview of the Collection Title Dates Quantity Collection Number Summary Repository Access Restrictions Languages History of the Book: Leaf Collection (inclusive) items, (1 portfolio) OLPb075LEA This collection includes leaves from books by key European printers from the introduction of the printing press in the fifteenth century to the late nineteenth century. Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives Aubrey R. Watzek Library 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd. Portland, OR Telephone: Fax: This collection has no restrictions and is open for research. English Content Description Leaves from books, both handwritten and printed, on vellum and paper. Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections. Preferred Citation History of the Book Leaf Collection (OLPb075LEA), Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon. Administrative Information Arrangement 1

2 Arranged chronologically. Location of Collection Special Collections flat storage drawers Acquisition Information Donated by Paul Merchant, Future Additions Items may be added to this collection periodically. Processing Note Processed in Detailed Description of the Collection The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection. Container(s) Description Dates 1 Interpretation of Hebrew Names Stephen Langton 2 "Psalms 71-72," Leaf from a Psalter in Latin France 3 "Psalms 73-74," Leaf from a Psalter in Latin France 4 Job from a Book of Hours made for Sir John Fastolf, Rouen Ms on vellum 5 Margaret of Antioch from a book of saints lives Ms on vellum 6 Macrobius printed by Nicholas Jenson, Venice 7 Bible leaf from Isaiah 38:11-18" France 8 Vincent de Beauvais, Speculum Doctrinale printed by Adolf Rusch, Strassburg 1477 c c. early 13th c. c. early 13th c. c c c

3 9 Ebendorfer, Sermones Dominicales pub by Heinrich Knoblochtzer, Strassburg 10 Bible leaf from Genesis 11 Bible leaf from Apocalypse pub by Ottaviano Scoto, Venice 12 Jacobus de Voraigne, Legenda aurea sanctorum Caxton, London 13 Nic. Perrotus, Cornucopiae pub. by Bernard of Cremona & Simon of Livorno, Venice 14 Angelus de Clavasio, Summa Angelica pub by Georgius Arrivabenus, Venice 15 Peter Lombard, Sentences 16 Hartmann Schedel, Nuremberg Chronicle 17 Schedel, Nuremberg Chronicle 18 Schedel Nuremberg Chronicle 19 Carracciolus, Sermones pub by Michael Greyff, Reutlingen 20 Petrarca, Francisco, Opera Latina pub by Johannes von Amerbach, Basel 21 Schedel, Nuremberg Chronicle pub by Johann Schönsperger, Augsburg 22 Bible leaf from Numbers pub by Froben & Langendorf, Basel 23 Horatius Flaccus, Opera [Odes I,8; I,27] pub by Johann Grüninger, Strassburg

4 24 Aratus, Phaenomena 25 Marcellinus Antonin, Works of Cicero pub by Johannes de Vingle, Lyons 26 Juvenal, Satires 27 Bible in Bohemian pub by Peter Lichtenstein, Venice 28 Jean Lemaire de Belges, Le traictie intitule de la difference des scismes et des concilles de leglise et de la preeminence et utilite des co[n]cilles: de la saincte eglise Gallicaine pub by [Geoffrey de Marnef], Paris 29 Erasmus, Bible Commentary pub by Froben, Basel 30 Bible leaf from Hebrews pub by Lucantonio Giunta, Venice 31 Dio Cassius, Lives of the Emperors 32 Bartolo of Saxoferrato, Commentaries pub by Jacob Saccon, Lyons 33 Martial, Epigrams pub by Guilielmus de Fontaneto, Venice 34 Petrarch, Sonetti e Canzoni (e Trionfi) 35 Plutarch, Lives of Romans & Greeks pub by Ludovicus Britannicus et fratres, Brescia 36 Vergil, Aeneid, translated by Gavin Douglas pub by W. Copland, London 37 Justin the Martyr, Works (index) pub by Jacques Dupuys, Paris

5 38 Bible leaf from Ecclesiasticus pub by Francesco Durone, Geneva 39 Apian, Cosmography pub in Antwerp, using plates from 1524 first edition 40 Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles pub by H. Bynneman f. J. Harrison, London 41 Bible (Geneva text, quarto) pub by Christopher Barker, London 42 Petrarch, Works w/ Gesualdo commentary pub by Alessandro Griffio, Venice 43 Bible (Geneva text, folio) pub by Christopher Barker, London 44 Biblia Sacra pub by Christophe Plantin, Antwerp 45 Hebrew Bible leaf from Esther pub by Christophe Plantin, Antwerp 46 Bible leaf from Numbers pub by Henry Middleton, London 47 Biblia Sacra (Jerome vulgate text) pub by Damian Zenarus, Venice 48 Ortelius, Atlas pub by Plantin, Antwerp 49 King James Bible (49-line first edition) pub by Christopher Barker, London 50 King James Bible (72-line second edition) pub by Robert Barker, London 51 Shakespeare, First Folio Works pub by Jaggard and Blount 52 Shakespeare, Second Folio Works pub by Thomas Cotes

6 53 Ben Jonson, Sejanus pub by Bishop, London 54 Walton Polyglot Bible pub by Thomas Roycroft, London 55 Indenture in Latin, dealing with land transfer in Yorkshire ms 56 Arndt, Wahren Christenthum pub by B. Franklin & Johann Bohm, Philadelphia 57 Alexander Pope, Epistle I pub by Foulis Press, Glasgow 58 John Johnson, Typographia pub by Longman, Hurst, London 59 Voragine, Golden Legend pub by William Morris, Kelmscott 60 Caxton, Reynard the Fox pub by William Morris, Kelmscott 61 Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose pub by William Morris. Kelmscott 62 Milton, Paradise Lost pub by Doves Press, England 63 Sara Bard Field, The Cats, Los Gatos pub in California 64 Chaucer, Troilus & Criseyde 65 Cervantes, Don Quixote pub by Ashendene Press, Chelsea 66 Golden Cockerel Press Prospectus 67 Osterley, Roses of Sharon c

7 68 Nancy Quennell, A Lover s Progress 69 Christmas Books Prospectus Find Related Collections Subject Terms : Printing -- History Personal Names : Barker, Christopher, Froben, Hieronymus, Greyff, Michael, d. ca Grüninger, Johann, d. 1532? Jenson, Nicolas, ca Koberger, Anton, ca Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or Plantin, Christophe, ca Corporate Names : Doves Press Golden Cockerel Press Kelmscott Press 7