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Quintus Horatius Flaccus [Unbound sheets]

A complete set of unbound sheets of the last printing of the Pickering Horace. The Horace was originally printed by Pickering in 1820 as the first of his Diamond Classics, and are a landmark in the world of miniature books and printing. This set of sheets are a remarkable survival, giving insight into the printing and binding process. The sheets are quarter-sheet impressions, each sheet holding 8 front-and-back leaves (16 pages) of the text. The sheets have been folded into gathers, and lef… more

Date: 1826

Creator: Horace

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Manifiesto del gobernador del estado de Mexico, ciudadano Lorenzo de Zavala

Manifesto of the governor of the state of Mexico, citizen Lorenzo de Zavala.

Date: 1829

Creator: Mexico (Mexico : State). Governor (1827-1829 : Zavala).

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Ere e eme: pronunciamento miniaturo del importo profundissimo para los MCMLXXXs.

Spoof of Latin and Spanish text in ornate calligraphy. The text is not in correct Latin or Spanish, but intended to "look" like it.

Date: 1983

Creator: Massmann, Robert E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Drawings. Selected and Executed by T. V. Munson

Bound blank book containing 16 illustrations of plants, insects, sea shells, and a bird that are identified by Latin binomial nomenclature, often with a common-name label as well. The images are a mix of color and pencil-only and each one has a tissue page to separate it from the previous page. Two images include more information, indicating that they were drawn in 1872.

Date: 1872~

Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913

Partner: Dallas Historical Society