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Pre-Mallarme work

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 238 Collections and/or Records:

Early Spanish Manuscript Illumination / Williams, John., 1977

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Identifier: CC-00590-604
Scope and Contents

This book reproduces examples of Spanish illuminated manuscripts from the 7th to 11th centuries. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Effects of Time, The / Sackner RK ; Sackner MA., 1987

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Identifier: CC-13579-13882
Scope and Contents

This exhibition of ancient books that had been altered by their readers, insects, weather, etc. was curated by Leonard Hansen and Richard Minsky. The exhibition was partially funded by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

[Eratis Thebatti Epuiri] / Merton, Thomas., 1968

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Identifier: CC-30785-32231
Scope and Contents

This reproduction of an ancient image was printed in Monks Pond. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Fegato Bronzeo Etrusco di Piacenza / Anonymous., 1987

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Identifier: CC-24437-24889
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Reproduction of an Etruscian bronze depicting the liver and gall bladder found in 1877 in Piacenza. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Fegato Bronzeo Etrusco di Piacenza / Anonymous., 1987

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Identifier: CC-24437-24889
Scope and Contents

Reproduction of an Etruscian bronze depicting the liver and gall bladder found in 1877 in Piacenza. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Fine & Rare Books / Pacific Book Auction Galleries ; Joyce J., 1996

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Identifier: CC-04916-5013
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Florilegium Hispanicum: Medieval and Golden Age Studies / Geary, John S., editor ; Carpenter, Dwayne E., editor ; Faulhaber, Charles B., editor., 1993

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Identifier: CC-10543-10747
Scope and Contents

Includes a critical analysis of the labyrinth poems by the Portuguese writer, Manual de Faria e Sousa (1590-1649). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

For Glory and for Beauty, 2006

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Identifier: CC-46316-49039
Scope and Contents

This catalogue highlights works from the collection of the Museum of Biblical Art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Forum. No.1., 1984

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Identifier: CC-12779-13050
Scope and Contents

The cover depicts a varied-colored alphabet in letter over letter presentation. The poster consists of a table that traces the development of the alphabet through its Egyptian, Phoenician, Greek, Etrusian, Roman, and Minuscules origins. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Geographia Poetica / Stetser, Carol., 1999

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Identifier: CC-32623-34207
Scope and Contents

In her essay "Cosmographicae Meditationes" Stetser considers maps as revealing the culture, politics, and values of those who make and use them." The visual renditions of various maps are tied in with the language and symbols of the text on each sheet, recognizing that "language holds a nation together but it also enables us to learn about other people and countries." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Gilgamesh: The Postmodern Replica / Trenkov, Lumil., 1997

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Identifier: CC-34662-36363
Scope and Contents

Each page contains two texts: the 1985 edition of "Glenshaw" by John Gardner and John Maier and the author's personal, contemporary story. The Gilgamesh text is printed in dark red type on the surface of the translucent page and the author's story is printed in typewriter fonts on the inside of the sleeve page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Grolier Club Collects, The, 2002

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Identifier: CC-46923-49659
Scope and Contents

The exhibition consisted of books, manuscripts and works on paper from the collection of Grolier Club members. "The Heart of A Humument" from the Sackner Archive was exhibited and illustrated in the catalogue. George Koppelman exhibited Charles Bukowski's "The Genius of the Crowd," Cleveland:7 Flowers Press, 1966 (hand printed and illustrated by da levy). He purchased it for less than $1.00 from Jim Lowell, Asphodel Book Shop at the time of publication. The colophon called for 103 copies but about 40 copies survived since the rest were destroyed by the Cleveland police. Current price (2007) on the internet from Virtuous Books is $14,500. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Habit de Medecin / De Larmessin., 1989

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Identifier: CC-15743-16074
Scope and Contents

After a work done in the 17th Century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Habit de Procureur / De Larmessin., 1989

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Identifier: CC-15742-16073
Scope and Contents

After a work done in the 17th Century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Hand of the Poet, The / Carroll L., 1995

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Identifier: CC-09883-10079
Scope and Contents

Exhibition consisted of original manuscripts by 100 masters from John Donne to T.S. Eliot. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Hand of the Poet, The: Part II / cummings ee ; Kunitz S ; Zukofsky L ; Olson C ; Duncan R ; Creeley R ; Kerouac J ; Ginsberg A ; Snyder G ; Koch K ; Thomas D ; Padgett R., 1996

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Identifier: CC-28431-29685
Scope and Contents

This was the second half of an exhibition curated by Rodney Phillips which included original manuscripts of 100 poets in chronological order from e.e. cummings to Julia Alvarez. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

HBP's 1997 Calendar / Heller, Joshua Rare Books ; Fleschman J ; Allix S ; Johnson P ; Schwartzott C ; Tardieu J ; Merrill J., 1997

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Identifier: CC-30154-31553
Scope and Contents

This calendar was published, designed and printed by HBP, a printing, graphics & information services company. A different book illustrates each month. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Hermetic Philosopher and Surveyor of Two Worlds by Joselyn Godwin / Fludd, Robert., 1979

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Identifier: CC-11483-11699
Scope and Contents

In his screen "Cogito Ergo Sum," commissioned by the Sackners, John Furnival used illustrations from the occult works of Robert Fludd, the last of the true Renaisssance men. These include The Solar Logos, The Division of the Waters, The Pythagorean Tetrad, The Diapason Closing Full in Man, The Descent and Re-ascent of the Soul, The Qualities of the Winds, and Chiromancy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979