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  • ...stic images, and book art. This page mostly discusses botanical books from the Western world in a codex format. ...history of botanical books is the intersection of the history of books and the history of botany. ...
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  • ...from the author, making Penn the first owner of the book, which is seen as the book lacks markings, marginalia, and aging that are most prominent in books ...ooks in modern times. Additionally, these books were produced and sold for the bourgeoisie, so they were often expensive, limiting their accessibility to ...
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  • ...plore hundreds of the earliest instances of utilizing a printing press for the purposes of creating sheet music, among them some of Petrucci's, earliest w [[File:Petrucci2.jpg|thumb| Example from the database, Petrucci's Missarum diversorum auctorum. Liber primus., dated 150 ...
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  • ...rts of our modern codices, like pages and titles, had to be invented along the way. Texts have gone through countless changes to arrive at our modern conc ...a discussion on the role of this collaborative platform, but also gave us the opportunity to build a virtual museum that future students could continue t ...
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  • ...University of Pennsylvania] acquired it in 2011. The book can be found at the [https://www.library.upenn.edu/kislak Kislak Center for Special Collections ...ps://janeausten.co.uk/blogs/regency-history/18th-century-cookery-books-and-the-british-housewife</ref> ...
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  • ...University of Pennsylvania] acquired it in 2011. The book can be found at the [https://www.library.upenn.edu/kislak Kislak Center for Special Collections ...ps://janeausten.co.uk/blogs/regency-history/18th-century-cookery-books-and-the-british-housewife</ref> ...
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  • ...ikipedia.org/wiki/Industrialisation Industrialisation] took deeper root in the country. ...ge of the first page of the collection (no front cover available) taken in the Kislak Center for Special Collections in early April, 2023|350px]] ...
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  • ...eople in North America. The largest collection of the newspapers belong to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania University of Pen ==How They Got to The University of Pennsylvania== ...
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  • ...eople in North America. The largest collection of the newspapers belong to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania University of Pen ==How They Got to The University of Pennsylvania== ...
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  • ...anufacture. Some items were inserted in pockets and others were pasted in. The materials are mostly in English and some in Japanese. ...of it. Some of the postcards pasted using tape have fallen off and some of the brochures have some minor damages on them which probably happened before be ...
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  • ...formation ranging from quotes from Black Panther members, to an imprint of The Black Panther Party National Anthem, to a handwritten poster for an Elaine ...at provided social programs for many minority groups besides Black people. The Black Panther Party became a force that could unify communities together.<r ...
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  • ...in an era that disproved of the latter. In addition, the book illustrates the physical and emotional burden that accompanied Curie's radioactive endeavor * Not physically written in the book ...
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  • ...ver.jpeg|thumb|220px|left|A photo of the front cover of the tunnel book in the [https://www.library.upenn.edu/kislak Kislak Center for Special Collections ...the catalog title indicates, this tunnel book depicts people walking along the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champs-%C3%89lys%C3%A9es Champs-Élysées], ...
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  • ...of a limited edition series of 12, all of which are signed and numbered by the artist. ...tions of what a book should or could be. The following is a description on the books form, content, interpretation, and structure. ...
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  • ...in 2008 by Pear Whistle Press located in Red Hook, New York. This copy is the twelfth in a series of 52 signed and numbered copies. [[File:C--Users-jplun ...iffer's work, and that of other artists, add to the debate concerned about the purpose and point of artist books. ...
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  • ...d culture and reveal important information about cultures and religions of the past. ...t/palm-leaf-manuscripts. </ref>, <ref name="four" />, <ref name="eight" /> The majority of Balinese palm leaf manuscripts, referred to in Indonesia as Lon ...
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  • ...ing from micro stakes. However, an try guaranteed to help make a living in the end as long as you is proficient at that it. ...wo hundred in order to three hundred. In The Event That You deposit 100000 the site match different one hundred thousand to relax and play some hands. ...
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  • [[File:Grimm's Goblins Book Cover.jpeg|230px|thumb|right|The front cover of ''Grimm's Goblins Illustrated''.]] ...ersity_of_Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania], where it resides under the shelf mark [https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_99480624135 ...
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  • ...ook history proves valuable not only historically, but when looking toward the current digital incunable age. ...L]. While the existence and use of incipits and colophons has faded due to the inventions of titles and title pages, incipits and colophons still remain i ...
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  • ...to have been produced between 1750-1799. This book can be accessed through the [https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9929759603503681 Penn ====Medicine in the Mid-18th Century England==== ...
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  • ...ps://www.library.upenn.edu/kislak Kislak Center for Special Collections at the University of Pennsylvania]. ===European Tourism in the Late Eighteenth Century=== ...
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  • ....jpg|center|1100px|thumb|An example of a carbonized scroll facsimile, from the 1858 book ''Tesoro letterario di Ercolano'' (Herculaneum Literary Treasure) ...ee logs or carbonized fishing nets<ref>“Buried by Vesuvius: Treasures from the Villa Dei Papiri.” Getty, Getty Museum, www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/vil ...
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  • ...slak Rare Book Collection of the Kislak Center for Special Collections] at the University of Pennsylvania. ...face written by John Gay himself as found in the first edition of Polly at the University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center]] ...
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  • ...to her readers. This book was published in 1682 in London and now rests in the University of Pennsylvania's rare books collection. ...jor political, social, and cultural transformations that set the stage for the modern era. ...
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  • ...ethods that contribute to the conservation of these pieces of history into the future. ...nd then 2d images are collected on an X-ray detector that is placed behind the object. This technology has been in use in geology and paleontology for a c ...
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  • ...n the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania]] ...wire are attached with clips to a circuit tester, which is functional when the plug end is plugged into an outlet. ...
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  • ...of The hierarchie of the blessed angells: their names, order and offices: the fall of Lucifer with his angells]] ...211499 Adam Islip]. It was printed in London and dedicated to the queen at the time: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Maria Queen Henretta Maria]. ...
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  • ...olomewFair/1/ “Bartholomew Fair: Stage History.”] The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online. </ref> ...” In ''A Concise Companion to the Study of Manuscripts, Printed Books, and the Production of Early Modern Texts : A Festschrift for Gordon Campbell'', edi ...
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  • ...Program (FDLP), Academic Libraries, and Access to Government Information.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 36, no. 6, 2010, pp. 469–478., do [[File:Federal Depository Library Program logo.jpg|thumb|Logo for the Federal Library Depository Program.]] ...
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  • ...t was crucial to the victory of the allies. As seen from this one soldier, the US army was deployed worldwide even to India. ...r Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. There is no evidence of the object being copyrighted or licensed. ...
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  • ...y">Boyce, George, et al. Newspaper history from the seventeenth century to the present day. Beverly Hills, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1978. </ref>. ...9.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Annotated index of important terms used throughout the volume]] ...
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  • [[File:The Balzaculator view from above.jpeg|thumb|250px|Front cover of the Balzaculator.]] ...irth through the usage of Jacquard punched cards to showcase the traits of the characters.<ref> Angelonium: 76. Balzaculator https://angelonium.com/76-bal ...
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  • ...entries about payments and purchases. It's a manuscript that appears to be the personal journal of Hans Schwartz that he kept for more than 20 years.[[Fil ...his blank book as a catch-all for information he thought was important at the time. Because of this, there is no real cohesion or order to it. ...
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  • ...ere any publishing or copyright information. The manuscript is now held in the [https://www.library.upenn.edu/kislak/about-kislak-center University of Pen ...held in the Kislak Center is an early eighteenth-century transcription of the Jacob ben Makhir ibn Tibbon translation. ...
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  • ...fferent ways, with each different way effecting the style and aesthetic of the intaglio print. ...t on the shift from engraving, etching and other forms of intaglio used in the 20th century and before, to color printing, and what it may mean for intagl ...
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  • The Scrapbook 1936 <ref name=Source> https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog ...g-ships Iwate and Yakumo to the city. we see many visits between Japan and the United States through traveling. ...
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  • ...of the printing press, the European rendition of this innovation would be the first to see widespread adoption and influence. This sudden shift to a lite ==The Historical Development of Printing== ...
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  • ...become one of his most enduring and beloved tales for children, capturing the imaginations of generations of readers. ...ooks by focusing on the art and craft of bookmaking.<ref>Cave, Roderick. ''The Private Press'', 2nd edition. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1983, pp. 162-164.</r ...
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  • ...themselves, but instead negotiating attention between the illustration and the text. ...ost highly developed techniques of this process, especially from France or the Netherlands. <ref>Jones, Susan. “Manuscript Illumination in Northern Euro ...
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  • ...n University of Pennsylvania’s Kislak Center for Special Collections under the identifier “Ms. Codex 2142.” It is not copyrighted. ...N=1842646&site=ehost-live."</ref> Receipts did not always explicitly state the exact list of ingredients needed or quantities yielded after preparation.<r ...
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  • ...f the Middle Ages, implemented during the fourth or fifth century up until the fifteenth century, throughout Western Europe. ...p. 9</ref> This laborious and time-consuming process, which dates back to the fifth century, is still practiced in modern day. ...
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  • ...ania's Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts]. The collection contains a total of 9 scrolls consisting of 4 stone rubbings, 4 ...ddhist has his hair tied up in a bun while also wearing a long robe draped over his shoulders, similar to how a modern-day shawl would be worn. ...
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  • ...recto and verso—front and back—sides. <ref name="Mak"> Mak, Bonnie. ''How the Page Matters.'' Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011. </ref> Paginat ...an estimated ten percent of manuscript books contained pagination, but by the early 16th century, readers were relying on them to find their way through ...
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  • ...ash]. [https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_997435903503681 The copy] housed in Kislak has a rich circulation history, with indications tha === Origin of the main text === ...
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  • ...'A Defense Of The Antient Historians: With Particular Application Of It To The History of Ireland and Great-Britain, and Other Northern Nations In a Dialo ...and had limited circulation. A first-edition copy of the book is stored at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Pelt_Library Kislak Center for Special C ...
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  • ...likely constructed by an individual or a small group (i.e. a family) from the North. ...for abolition and evidences for the need of Union preservation as well as the lack of necessity of slavery. ...
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  • ...pts at the University of Pennsylvania, purchased during the acquisition of the Edwin Forrest Library and Collection Edwin Forrest collection, <ref name="c [[File:Playscover.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The inside cover of ''Plays'']] ...
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  • ...ions/printing-press.'' </ref> Movable type and printing heavily influenced the style and manner with which text was printed onto a substrate. [[File:Gutenberg_press.jpg|right|thumb|The Gutenberg Press found on [https://search.creativecommons.org/photos/7abcb1d ...
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  • ...new and complex technology that allowed for advancement and exploration of the medical field, proving to be extremely beneficial for students, doctors, an ...group, actually transformed into a technology for a more general audience. The creation of flap anatomies answered many questions, solved many mysteries, ...
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