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Donor diploma "Fonds Slovak Freedom", Hamilton (Ontario), 1964
This document, from the John A. Ivančo Fonds (20-020), consists of a donor diploma "Fonds Slovak Freedom" collected by the Milán R. Štefánik Literary Circle, Hamilton (Ontario), 1964
Divini Platonis Opera omnia,
The binding of this work has been elaborately blind-stamped with a number of decorative tools. Note the manuscript waste visible at the top of the spine; again, materials were reused wherever possible to add in the binding process, especially in…
Diui Thomae Aquinatis, ordinis praedicatorum, viri & vitae sanctimonia, de sacraum literarum peritia praeclari In omnes beati Pauli apostoli epistolas commentaria [...]
This item shows the printer’s device of Jean Petit (14.. - 1533). Petit was a very prolific printer, and was said to have printed one-tenth of all books printed in Paris from approximately 1493-1530, that is, about 1000 titles. Petit also…
Dictionarium proprioru[m] nominum virorum mulierum, populoru[m], idolorum, urbium, fluviorum, montium, cæterorúmque locoru[m] quæ passim in libris prophanis legu[n]tur
The edge of this book displays a decorative technique used fairly often. Instead of a marbled edge, here one has opted for a light sprinkling effect, achieved by drops of colour being “tapped” from the bristles of the brush.