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Sowers, Edwin Uhler, 2d., Berwyn Park, Lebanon, Pennsylvania printer. To Mr. Fuller, London County Council School of Printing and Allied Trades, Stamford Street, London, England. Sending a gift volume in appreciation for courtesies extended during a visit in July of 1926., 1927, December 15 - box 8

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1927, December 15 -
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Accompanied by carbon on pink paper of Mr. Fuller's reply, typescript letter 1 p. 25.5 cm., dated 1927, Dec. 31 Removed from Preface to the Nigger of the Narcissus, by Joseph Conrad. Lebanon, Pa., E. U. Sowers II, 1927 (Lilly PR6005 .O4 N59 1927).
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Stevens, Benjamin Franklin, 1833-1902, bibliophile. To "The Editor, The Academy." Concerns reproduction in photographic facsimile of The Voyage from Lisbon to India...by Albericus Vespuccius and a controversial twin volume Americus Vespuccius... by Henri Harrisse., 1895, April 18 - box 6

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1895, April 18 -
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Removed from Henry Harrisse, Americus Vespuccius... London, 1895 (Lilly G95 .S8 H3 Mendel).
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Sturge, Charles Young. Chilliswood, Tyndall's Park, Bristol. To "My dear Ernest." "With regard to the 'revelations' I have only read the first of the four articles...But the first was quite enough to put one an courant with the agitation, & I have rather shrunk from attacking the others, as they leave a distinctly morbid impression on the mind.", 1885, August 2 - box 6

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1885, August 2 -
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Removed from The Pall Mall Magazine, XXIII, no. 93, Jan. 1901 (Lilly AP4 .P17).
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Sumerian administrative clay tablet, Third Dynasty of Ur, Umma, ca. 2049-2044 BCE Bound Bound

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Third Dynasty of Ur, Umma, ca. 2049-2044 BCE
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Sumerian administrative tablet of baked clay, inscribed on both sides in cuneiform characters, recording the receipt of a barley delivery. With the impression of a Sumerian administrative seal. Originally from the collection of Eleanor Lowenstein The text reads that 1 royal gur of barley was received from a man named Ir in the Month RI (the fifth month in the calendar of the city of Umma), the year after the city of Urbillum was destroyed. This would be either 2049 or 2044 B.C. as this year formula was used for both these in the reigns of King Shugi and King Amar-Suen respectively. The seal impression reads "Ur-e-. son of Lu-Sharake," meaning "Man of Shara," which was the city god of Umma
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Supuesto El hecho que lo. El memorial asustado, tiene muy presente esta Rl Audiencia, se funda en este primero punto que el Casso de la materia sujeta, no se Comprehende en la desicion del Capitulo 14 Setc 25 de Regularibus, en el Santo Consilio de Trento., 18th century - box 2

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18th century -
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Sewn but lacking covers In Spanish with quotations in Latin underlined On the violations of a decree of the Council of Trent concerning a sermon delivered by a member of one of the religious orders Divided into six parts Signed C.W.S. Joachin Probably early 18th century: most recent date in text is 1677 (leaf 10v); watermark of three circles surmounted by a cross compare favorably (but not identically) to those of paper laid in Madrid in early 18th cent. See Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, Paper Publication Society in Holland, 1950- (Lilly TS1080 .P183) Vol. 1, Nos. 273 (Madrid, 1749), 279 (Madrid, 1723), 297 (Madrid, 1723); Vol. 12 Pt. 2, Nos. 1390 (1721), 1939 (1737). Extraneous note laid in
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