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Livre des merveilles du monde facsimile
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16558
Content Description
This collection consists of a print on demand facsimile of Livre des merveilles du monde (BNF FR2810)based on the Marco Polo - The Book of Wonders. This one-of-a-kind reproduction is the only numbered large size format Book of Wonders in genuine calf skin leather." (with certificate of authenticity).It is an illuminated manuscript made in France between 1410 to 1412 containing several texts regarding commercial, religious, and diplomatic contact between Europe and Asia. The authors of these...
Dates:
c. 1410-1412; Publication: 2021
Livre pour la remede pour les chevaux [Book of the remedy for horses]
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16817
Content Description
This collection contains an anonymous author's unpublished vernacular manuscript on equine health. This manuscript was likely used as a tool by veterinarians or educated farmers in western France in the middle of the eighteenth century. The manuscript is divided into two parts. The first and longer part occupies the first 178 pages and is in a single legible hand. The second part, likely in a different and somewhat later hand, comprises the last eight pages.The first part of the...
Dates:
c.1741-1760
Personal Papers of Richard J. DeMartino as History Consultant to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2017-02
Abstract
Interesting historical chronology related to the IMTFE. Includes many Japanese documents and photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1936 - 1948
Sheppard family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 14256
Scope and Contents
The papers consist chiefly of personal letters and correspondence of James H. Sheppard during his service in France in World War I. There is some information about his role in the development of the 155 mm Filloux gun.
There is also material relating to Thomas Jefferson Sheppard, including a reminiscence of his life that mentions his Civil War service and detention in Andersonville prison; a piece of a stockade log from Andersonville; a manuscript of a speech given by Sheppard at the...
Dates:
1883-1919, 1981-1999, undated
U.S. Air Force Pilot's Training Guide in World War I
Collection — Box: BW 50, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16737
Content Description
This item is a U.S. Air Force Pilots Training Manual during World War I. It is printed on matte finish photographic paper, with each page mounted to leaves and secured by ribbon. Includes graphs, charts, tables, and arial photographs related to German aircraft and their speeds, altitudes, and aerial views. Views include "Cheminot Lake," Verny and wire entanglements, Pournoy dugouts, E. of Norroy maching gun nest, Champey anti-aircraft battery emplacements, Pommerieux dugouts,...
Dates:
C.1918