TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Historical Note
Scope and Content Note
Organization of Collection
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Manuscripts
Incunabula
Early Printed Books
Correspondence
Ephemera
Printed Material
Research Notes
Oversize Materials
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A Guide to the Perine-Dietert Bible Collection, 126 BCE-1976
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Perine, Frederich |
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Title: |
Perine-Dietert Bible Collection |
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Dates: | 126 BCE-1976 |
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Creator Abstract: |
Frederich Perine was an avid collector of historic bibles and early printing examples. Perine created his collection in 1915, and in the 1960s it attracted the attention of Harry and Alma Dietert, who encouraged and contributed to its development. |
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Content Abstract: |
The Perine-Dietert Collection contains single leaves, fragments, and facsimiles of written or printed religious and secular works from the East and West dating back to approximately 200 CE. The bulk of the collection is comprised of bibles and religious works ranging from the 16th century to the 1970s. |
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Identification: |
MS 269 |
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Extent: |
2.75 linear feet (3 boxes) |
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Languages: |
English, French, German, Latin, Spanish |
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Repository: |
University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections |
Frederich Agens Perine (1878-1971) was the president of the F. A. Perine Paper Company, an art supply and paper distribution firm in Detroit, MI. He was also associated with the Ferry Seed Company for many years, and was the editor of several trade publications. An avid collector of historic bibles and early printing examples and paper ephemera, Perine created his collection in 1915. In the 1960s, the collection attracted the attention of Texans Harry W. and Alma Dietert, who followed and encouraged its further development.
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The Perine-Dietert Collection contains single leaves, larger written or printed religious and secular works from the East and West; ancient, medieval, and Renaissance manuscripts; fragments and facsimile pages of notable Bibles, fragments of papyrus dating from the second century of the Common Era (CE), and examples of manuscript illumination created from the 12th through 15th centuries. The collection also includes page leaves and facsimile pages of medieval manuscripts, incunabula and early printed books from the 16th to the 19th century (1560-1800) which include bibles as well as secular and scientific books.
The bulk of the collection is comprised of bibles and religious works ranging from the 16th century to the 1970s. The book collection also includes a Qurʼan, theology books (mostly Christianity), fragments of larger religious works, facsimiles of pages of famous bibles, and a collection of Roman coins dating back to 126 BCE (Before the Common Era). The original bibles are in the following languages: Albanian, Amharic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Hebrew, Korean, Latin, Ojibwe/Chippewa, Russian, Spanish, and Welch.
The inventory of materials in this collection guide only includes leaves, fragments, and other loose material in the collection. Fully intact books in the collection are not listed in this guide, but are catalogued and can be found by searching for “Perine-Dietert Bible Collection” in the UTSA Library Catalog.
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Access Restrictions
This collection is housed at UTSA's Main Campus and must be accessed via the John Peace Library Special Collections reading room. To request access, please use the Collections Request Form.
Use Restrictions
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
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Persons |
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Dietert, Harry Walter, 1896- |
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Perine, Fred Agens |
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Slotkin, Stanley S. |
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Subjects |
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Art nouveau. |
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Bible |
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Book ornamentation. |
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History of the book |
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Papyrus |
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Presswork (Printing) |
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Printing--16th century—Specimens. |
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Printing--17th century--Specimens. |
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Printing--18th century--Specimens. |
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Title pages--Facsimiles. |
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Genres/Formats |
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Bibles |
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Bookplates |
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Detached leaves |
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Early Western World coins |
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Facsimiles (reproductions) |
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Incunabula |
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Papyri (manuscripts) |
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Local Subjects |
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Publishing, Press, Printing |
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[Identification of item], Perine-Dietert Bible Collection, MS 269, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
The majority of the leaves represented in the collection were originally collected by Stanley S. Slotkin, founder of Abbey Rents Co., Los Angeles, who traveled around the world to collect facsimiles of title pages of rare books to which he attached page leaves from the actual works. Some of these items were subsequently acquired by Perine and others.
Before his death in 1971, Frederich Perine and his wife Eleanor donated the collection to Schreiner Institute in Kerrville, Texas. The collection was later supplemented by additional donations from the Dieterts and other individuals. Because at the time Schreiner Institute did not have the facilities to house the collection, the collection was offered to UTSA in 1975 (Acc. 2008-032).
Processed by Agnieszka Czeblakow, Rare Books Librarian, 2017-2018.
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The Manuscripts series contains fragments, single leaves and facsimilie pages of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance eastern and western manuscripts, examples of manuscript illumination as well as fragments of writing on papyrus, bark and vellum. Larger leaves from the period are housed in the oversized series. |
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Fragment, Egyptian Papyrus, Demotic alphabet, c. 100-200 CE |
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Facsimile, papyrus, c. 275 CE |
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Fragment, Egyptian Payrus, Greek alphabet, c. 284- 305 CE |
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Fragment, Egyptian Coptic alphabet, c. 475- 525 CE |
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Leaf, St. Paul, Fractatus Theologicus, vellum, c. 1215 |
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Leaf, Psalterium Codex, c. 1450 |
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Fragment, writing on bark, Java, undated |
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Fragment, writing on vellum, undated |
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Incunabula |
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The Incunabula series contains facsimilie pages and original leaves from early books, printed on paper or vellum before 1501. |
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Leaf, Rainerius de Pisis, Pantheologia, printed by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, Germany, 1474 |
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Leaf, Scholastica Comestoris Historicum Actuum Apostolorum, printed in Basle, Switzerland, 1486 |
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Leaf, Johannes de Lapide, Resolutorium dubiorum circa celebrationem missarum occurrentium, printed by Johann Froben, Basle, Switzerland, 1492 |
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Leaf, Michael de Hungaria, Evagatorium Genemy, printed by Retro Minores (Martin von Werden?) Cologne, Germany, 1499 |
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Leaf, Evangelium Missae, printed by Georg Reyser, Wurzburg, 1500 |
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Leaf, Psalms LXVII, printed by Jacques Nyvard, Paris, France, 1500 |
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The series includes original page leaves from books printed on vellum or paper, as well as hand illumination from 1501-1535. Examples of printing from 17-19th century are housed in the oversize series. |
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Leaf, Book of Hours, illuminated and printed on vellum, France, 1515 |
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Leaf, Claudius Galenus, Methodi medendi, vel de morbis curandis, libri septimus, 1519 |
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Leaf, Liber IIII, De Cognatione Spirituali, 1525 |
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Facsimile Leaf, Tyndale's New Testament, 1526 |
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Leaf, Broccace, La Complainte de Flamette, printed by Claude Nourry, Lyon, France, 1532 |
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Leaf, Colophon, Sermon on Neue Testament, Germany, 1530 |
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Leaf, Clementis, Epistola Prima printed by Francois Regnault, Paris, France, 1535 |
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Correspondence |
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The Correspondence series includes a few letters and greeting cards written to Fred Perine from various scholars and acquaintances. |
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Correspondence to Fred A. Perine, 1930-1931 |
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The Ephemera series includes examples of Art Nouveau books plates (ex-libris), lithograph religious cards, coins, fliers and invitations, as well as newspaper clippings reflecting Perine's interest in the hisotry of printing, as well as biblical studies. |
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Book Plates, Franz von Bayros, Austria, c. 1900 |
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Book Plates, Belgium, Germany, undated |
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Book Plates, Spain, undated |
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Book Plates, United States, undated |
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Book Plate, Mongolia, undated |
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Cards, Facsimilie type faces Tyndale and Coverdale Bible, and King James Bible, 1535-1611 |
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Cards, Pictorial Bible Lessons, Lithographs, undated |
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Coins, Roman, 126 BCE-72 CE |
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Fliers, undated |
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Microforms, Smallest Bible in the World and Calendar of the Century, undated |
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Newspaper Clippings, 1939-1966 |
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The Printed Material series includes various printed matter from programs and brochures to fragments of reference works, book catalogs, newletters and exhibit catalogs and announcements. |
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Printed Material Bridwell Library Broadsides |
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Research Notes |
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The Research Notes series includes Perine's handwritten research notes. |
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Notes on History of the Geneva Bible and Ecclesiastic by Fred A. Perine |
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The Oversize Materials series contains oversized page leaves and facsimilie pages of medieval manuscripts,and early printed books from the 15th to the 19th century (1450-1800), including bibles and secular and scientific books. The majority of the leaves were collected by Stanley S. Slotkin, founder of Abbey Rents Co., Los Angeles who traveled around the world to collect facsimiles of title pages of rare books to which he attached pages from the actual work. The collected facsimiles were published by his Biblical Library of Abbey Rents, Los Angeles, c. 1969. |
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Facsimile, The Book of Kells, Ireland, 800 CE |
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Facsimile, Charter of St. Martin's de Bello Abbey, 1087 |
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Leaf, Concordantia in Bibliam, vellum, Italy, c. 1350 |
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Leaf, Codex Liturgicus. Selections from the Gospels, vellum, illuminated, France, c.1400 |
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Facsimile, The Guttenberg Bible, Maintz, Germany, 1450 |
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Leaves (3), Nicolaus de Lyra, Biblie iampridem renouate pars prima, Co[m]plecte[n]s pentateuchu[m] vna cu[m] glosa ordinaria et litterali moraliq[ue] expositione Nicolai de lyra, necno[n] additio[n]ibus Burge[n]sis ac replicis Thoringi nouisq[ue] distinctionib[us] et marginalib[us] summarijsq[ue] annotatio[n]ib[us], 1496 |
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Leaves, early printing, unidentified, 1500 |
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Leaves (2), Galeno, Ascripti libri Spurii Libri, Qui Variam artis medicae, Basel, 1515 |
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Facsimile, Exemplar Valoris Ecclesiastici Regis Henry VIII, 1517 |
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Leaves (2), Antiphonarij de t[em]p[or]e : vna cu[m] aliq[ui]b[us] hymnis notatis su[m]ma cura lo[n]gissimisq[ue] vigilijs p[er]fectu[m] correctu[m] nup[er]rime reuisu[m] et eme[n]datu[m], Venetiis : impe[n]sis nobilis viri d[omi]ni Luceantonij de Giunta Florentini, 1522 [1523] |
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Page facsimilie, Tyndale's New Testament, 1525 |
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Page facsimilie, The Coverdale Bible, 1535 |
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Page facsimilie, Matthew's Bible, 1537 |
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Page facsimilie, The Great Bible, 1539 |
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Page facsimilie, The Geneva Bible, 1560 |
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Page facsimilie, The Bishops' Bible, 1568 |
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Page facsimilie, The Rheims New Testament, 1582 |
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Page facsimilie, The King James Version of the Bible, 1611 |
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Title page facsimilie, The King James Version of the Bible, 1611 |
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Leaf, Book of Esther, illuminated manuscript, vellum, Italy, 1550 |
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Leaf, Petri Andreae Matthioli senensis, serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi Auchiducis Austriae &c. Medici, commentarii secundo aucti, in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de medica materia, Venice, 1560 |
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Leaf, Martin Luther, Biblia Das ist, Frankfurt, 1574 |
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Leaves (2), Biblia Sacra, London, 1593 |
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Leaves (3), Breeches Bible, London, 1594 |
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Leaf, The New Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Robert Baker, London, 1602 |
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Leaf, Hebrew Bible, 5369 Hebrew Calendar Basel, Switzerland, 1609 |
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Leaf, Athenaiou Deipnosophiston biblia pentekaideka. Athenaei Deipnosophistarum libri quindecim, Lyon, J. A. Huguetan & M. A. Ravaud, 1657 |
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Leaf, Michaelis Ettmulleri, Operum Omnium Medico-Phisicorum, printed by Thomae Amalulry, Lyon, France, 1660 |
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Leaf, Biblia Sacra Vulgate Editionis, 1671 |
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Leaves (2), Missale Romanum Ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutm, B. Pii V Pontificis Maximi Iussu Editum, Clementis VIII ac Urbani VIII: In Quo Misse Sanctorum à Clemente IX & X Novissime Decrete, Roma, 1677 |
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Leaves (2), Dn. Hartmanni Pistoris in Seuselitz et Hirstein ... opera omnia Simonis Ulrici ... Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F. Lackisy, 1678 |
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Leaf, John Lightfoot, The Works of the Reverend and Learned John Lightfoot D.D, London, 1684 |
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Facsimile, Inrollment of Act 2 of William and Mary, 1688 |
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Leaves (2), Francisci Sylvij a Brania Comitis, S. theologiae doctoris in Academia Duacena, Antuerpiae : Apud viduam et filium Joannis Baptistae Verdussen, sub signo Duarum Ciconiarum, 1695 |
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Leaves (2) from Katholische straßburger Bibel, Strasburg, Germany, 1701 |
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Leaf, A.R.P.D. Augustini Calmet Commentarium Literale In Omnes Ac Singulos Tum Veteris, Augustae Vindelicorum & Graecii, Sumptibus Philippi, Ac Martini Veith, Et Joannis Fratris Hearedum, Augsburg, 1734 |
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Leaf, Friderici Hoffmanni, Opera omnia physico-medica, Genevæ : Apud fratres De Tournes, 1748 |
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Leaf, Spicilegium catechetico - concionatorium id est, conceptus exegetici, Augustae Vindelicorum, Mathiae Wolff, Innsbruck, Austria, 1750 |
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Leaf, Tournély, Honoré, Praelectionum Theologicarum, Quas Auctor in Scholis Sorbonicis Habuit, Continuatio Continens Tractatus De Universa Theologia Morali, Ex Officina Metternichiana, Coloniae (Cologne), 1752 |
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Leaf, German Religious work, 1764 |
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Leaf, Select Works of William Penn, to Which is Prefixed a Journal of His Life, London, 1771 |
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Leaf, Jean-Baptiste Gonet, Clypeus theologiae thomisticae, Antwerp, 1794 |
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Leaves (4), The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues ... Philadelphia: Jacob R. Berriman, 1796 |
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