A complete set of unbound sheets of the last printing of the Pickering Horace. The Horace was originally printed by Pickering in 1820 as the first of his Diamond Classics, and are a landmark in the world of miniature books and printing. This set of sheets are a remarkable survival, giving insight into the printing and binding process. The sheets are quarter-sheet impressions, each sheet holding 8 front-and-back leaves (16 pages) of the text. The sheets have been folded into gathers, and left thus. The separately printed frontispiece engraving is included as an individual sheet. The whole is housed in a book-form leather case.

Map shows a stylized Europe in the form of a woman. [Spain] is her head and [Gaul], [Germany], [Denmark], [Poland], [Hungary], [Greece], [Bulgaria], [Macedonia], and Scythia are the remainder of her body. Europe is shown surrounded by Africa, [England], [Scotland], [Scandinavia], and Asia. Includes text in lower margin. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

Map shows northern coast of Africa, Iberian and Italian peninsulas, and larger islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Includes notes. Scale not given.

Map shows cities and villages pictorially in the region of Umbria, Italy during the late-sixteenth century. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Scale not given.

A leaf from a volume on the lives of saints from Italy, perhaps Lombardy, ca. 1100. Attenuated Caroline minuscule. Rubric in red majuscules. 16 line initial "P" with curling foliate infill. With the inscription of "D. Thomasio de Belmont" (perhaps Belmont-sur-Lausanne) and the date 1681 in one margin. Begins with an account of the life of Saint Cyprian.

15th-century Italian manuscript leaf. Displays very large-format Psalter containing Psalms 134 et seq. The text opens with, "Ecce nunc venedicte Dominum, omnes servi Domini.."

This 12th-century Italian manuscript recovered from a binding, displays a double column, rounded Italian gothic hand, and a series of tiny pinpricks at edges where binding hardware had been attached. Text here contains parts of the homilies from Johannes Chrysostomus' work on the priesthood, "De Dignitate Sacerdotali," and from Saint Gergory's "Homiliae in Evangelia."

Photograph of a mosaic in Venice, Italy. Half of a domed roof is visible in the foreground. The dome is decorated a detailed mosaic depicting many figures in front of a building. Below the mosaic, a row of columns and a carved archway are visible.

Photograph of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy. The top detail of a doorway fills the frame. A mosaic scene is inset into the top half dome of the doorway. Columns line the sides under the mosaic. The doorway is carved out of marble.

Photograph of the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy. In the foreground, a portion of the piazza in front of the fountain is visible and crowded with people. Behind the people, the fountain is visible along with the top of the Palazzo Poli, which is the backdrop for the fountain.

Coin of Roman emperor Maximianus I from Londinium mint showing laureate head left on the obverse and two standing figures on the reverse.

Imperial Antoninianus coin of Roman Emperor Constantine I showing the emperor on the obverse laureate bust right; the reverse bears the inscription SOL INVICTO COMITI with the sun god, Sol, holding a globe on reverse.

Roman Empire Antoninianus coin of Gordian III radiate head bust right on the obverse; SC within a wreath on reverse.

Sestertius coin of Roman emperor Marcus Ulpius Trajan showing the emperor on the obverse laureate bust right; the reverse shows a goddess standing center holding a globe.

Imperial Antoninianus coin of Gallienus shown on the obverse radiate bust right; the reverse shows the goddess Annona holding a cornucopia right and grain ears over a modius right.

Coin from the ancient Roman city of Seleucia Pieria of the emperor head right on the observe; SC is set within a wreath and dotted border on the reverse.

Silver Imperial Antoninianus coin of Roman emperor Gordian III shown on the obverse bust right; the reverse shows Jupiter standing left, holding spear and shield.

Roman Imperial Antoninianus coin of Constantine II showing on the obverse laureate head bust right with two soldiers on reverse.

Roman Empire Antoninianus coin of King Philip I bust right on the obverse; the goddess of corn-harvest, Annona, standing front, head left, holding two corn ears and cornucopia on reverse.

Coin of Roman emperor Valentinian II bearing on the obverse a head, with diadem, bust right and on the reverse with two figures standing with scepters.

Antoninianus coin of Roman emperor Claudius Marcus Aurelius (Claudius II Gothicus) bearing on the obverse the emperor bust radiate right; Fortune stands facing left on reverse.

Imperial Antoninianus coin of Constantine I (the Great) showing on obverse the emperor bust right; the reverse has a laurel wreath.

Imperial Antoninianus coin of Constantine II showing on the obverse bust right; the reverse shows two soldiers, each holding a spear in outer hand and resting inner hand on grounded shield.

Coin of Roman Emperor Constans that bears a portrait of the emperor head right with a laurel wreath around Latin lettering on reverse.