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The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great Hierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archeological find, dating from about the 31st century BC, containing some of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found. It…

writing manuscript dated from the third or fourth century AD

This issue features open-to-order variant covers that will ship in opaque polybags.

"Manuscript consisting of 42 partial lines of text from the Iliad on the recto, and on the verso words from ca. 20 lines of a dated account give an approximate terminus ad quem for the recto.
Fragment from a papyrus roll."

print copy

Large book on Astronomy, with hand-colored inserts, circa 1540.

This extraordinary publication, the work of the printer, mathematician and cosmographer, Peter Apian, is predominantly an instrument in the form of a book. By realising the Ptolemaic planetary theory in moveable paper volvelles, with small circles…

Series of proofs of geometric theorems and postulates, with colorful diagrams meant to better instruct the reader.

A large reference book concerning astronomy and the locations of planets in the sky.