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Original Page. Origin unknown. From the Library of Stanley S. Slotkin, Chairman of the Board, Abbey Rents.

Original Page. Origin unknown. From the Library of Stanley S. Slotkin, Chairman of the Board, Abbey Rents.

"An Original Page - printed in 1620 - from a Chronicle of Historical Events beginning with the Creation of the World until the year 1618 A. D. from the Private Collection of Stanley S. Slotkin, Chairman of the Board of Abbey Rents."

An Original Page - printed in 1620 - from a Chronicle of Historical Events beginning with the Creation of the World until the year 1618 A. D. from the Private Collection of Stanley S. Slotkin, Chairman of the Board of Abbey Rents.

"1609 - 1610 A.D. Doway: Printed by Lawrence Kellam at the signe of the holie Lambe. The first edition of the Roman Catholic Bible in English. The translators were scholars exiled for their religion by Queen Elizabeth. Outstanding among them were…

Beginning of the Book of Genesis.

"The first Bible from the famous press of Nicolas Jenson, the French printer from whose Venetian press came nearly a hundred of the finest books produced in the 15th Century. When Jenson issued a second edition of…

The thirteenth Century monastic scribe developed great accuracy in the formation of letters. The long ascenders, found on the topline of this manuscript leaf reflects the practice used in the writing of legal documents. The inks used in Italy and…

None. Provenance unknown.

None. Provenance unknown.

Original page. Found in Vienna by Stanley S. Slotkin, Chairman of the Board of Abbey Rents Co.