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LEARNING FROM THE GREEKS: AN EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING THE FIVE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE ALDINE PRESS
Babcock, Robert G. (editor)
Exhibition Catalogue of the many Greek manuscripts that were on display at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 1994 and then later at the Grolier Club. The exhibition celebrated the five-hundredth anniversary of the Aldine Press, which was founded in 1494 by the famous Italian printer Aldus Manutius. Manutius wanted to promote the Greek culture in his printings as well as Latin and Italian classics through his publishing. Black and white illustrations.
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THE CONFESSIONS OF WILLIAM HENRY IRELAND, CONTAINING THE ...
by Ireland, William Henry
First edition. (NCBEL III, 386; Lowndes p. 1164). With the two published plates present. Bound into this copy is an extra plate showing a portrait of Ireland at age 21. Ireland's official confession of his forgeries of Shakespeare originally issued in 1796 as MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS. The ensuing pamphlets written by and about these papers up to 1805 created a stir in English literary circles finally culminating in this confession. Covers rubbed. 19th-century private library booklabel on front pastedown.
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