Commentaries on the Exhibit’s Works
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Aquinas: 'Summa theologica, pars prima'
A brief commentary prepared by Patrick Thomas, PhD, Assistant Professor in the English department, on the following work:
Thomas Aquinas
Summa theologica, pars prima
Venice, 1484; second of the three editions printed by Antonius de Strata -
Aristotle: ‘Opera omnia (Complete Works)’
Excerpted from Jeremy Norman’s HistoryofInformation.com, on the following work:
Aristotle
Opera omnia (Complete Works)
Venice, 1495-1498; first edition; printed by Aldus Manutius -
‘Aristotle's Logic: a commentary’
A brief commentary prepared by Bobbi Sutherland, PhD, Professor, History, on the following work:
Aristotle's Logic: a commentary
ca. 1644; Latin commentary written in the disputed question style on the logic of Aristotle -
Austen: ‘Pride and Prejudice’
A brief commentary prepared by Laura Vorachek, PhD, Associate Professor, English, on the following work:
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
1813; One of only five copies in the original boards -
Beethoven: ‘Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67’
A brief commentary prepared by Richard Chenoweth, PhD, Professor, Music, on the following work:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67
1809; first edition of full score -
Blake: ‘Illustrations of the Book of Job’
A brief commentary prepared by William Marvin, MA, Lecturer, Philosophy, on the following work:
William Blake
Illustrations of the Book of Job
London, 1825; original boards -
‘Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth By Day of the priestess Ta-er-pet (the Papyrus MacGregor)’
A brief commentary prepared by Fred W. Jenkins, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Collections and Operations, University Libraries, on the following work:
Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth By Day of the priestess Ta-er-pet (the Papyrus MacGregor)
Late 1st century BC; 23 feet, 6 inches long, divided into nine sections; includes a unique chart of images depicting 75 protective amulets -
Carroll: ‘Alice's Adventures in Wonderland’
A brief commentary prepared by Margaret Strain, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:
Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
New York, 1969; portfolio of illustrations by Salvador Dalí; signed by the artist -
Chaucer: ‘Canterbury Tales’
A brief commentary prepared by Miriamne Ara Krummel, PhD, Associate Professor, English, on the following work:
Geoffrey Chaucer
Canterbury Tales
London , ca. 1492; from the collection of J. Pierpont Morgan -
Copernicus: ‘De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of Celestial Spheres)’
A brief commentary prepared by Robert Brecha, PhD, Professor, Physics, on the following work:
Nicolaus Copernicus
De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of Celestial Spheres)
Nuremburg, 1543; first edition -
Curie: ‘Thèse de Marie Curie’
A brief commentary prepared by Mark Masthay, PhD, associate professor and chair of chemistry, on the following work:
Marie Curie
Thèse de Marie Curie
1903; presentation copy of thesis, Recherches sur les substances radioactives (Research into the Properties of Radioactive Substances) -
Dante: ‘La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy)’
Excerpted from auction catalogue, on the following work:
Dante
La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy)
Florence, 1481; first Florentine edition -
Darwin: ‘On the Origin of Species’
A brief commentary prepared by Susan Davis, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology, on the following work:
Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species
London, 1859; first edition; presentation copy -
Descartes: ‘Discourse on the Method’
A brief commentary prepared by Margaret Strain, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:
René Descartes
Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la verité dans les sciences (Discourse on the Method)
Leiden, 1637; first edition -
Dostoevsky: ‘Brothers Karamazov’
A brief commentary prepared by Masha Kisel, PhD, Instructor, English, on the following work:
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Bratya Karamazovy (Brothers Karamazov)
St. Petersburg, 1881; first edition -
Einstein: ‘The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity’
A brief commentary prepared by Robert Brecha, PhD, Professor, Physics, on the following work:
Albert Einstein
Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie (The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity)
1916; first edition; presentation issue -
Ellison: ‘Invisible Man’
A brief commentary prepared by John McCombe, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:
Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man
1952; first edition; presentation copy -
Euclid: ‘Elementa geometrica’ (‘Elements of Geometry’)
A brief commentary prepared by Paul Eloe, PhD, Professor, Mathematics, on the following work:
Euclid
Elementa geometrica (Elements of Geometry)
Venice, 1482; first edition printed by Erhard Ratdolt -
Frank: ‘Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl’
A brief commentary prepared by Sandra Yocum, PhD, Associate Professor, Religious Studies, on the following work:
Anne Frank
Het Achterhuis (Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl)
Amsterdam, 1947; New York, 1952; first edition in Dutch; first edition printed in the United States -
Freud: ‘The Interpretation of Dreams’
A brief commentary prepared by Andrew Slade, PhD, Associate Professor, English, on the following work:
Sigmund Freud
Die Traumdeutung (The Interpretation of Dreams)
Leipzig, 1900; first edition; presentation copy -
Galileo: ‘Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger)’
A brief commentary prepared by Robert Brecha, PhD, Professor, Physics, and Bill Marvin, MA, Lecturer, Philosophy, on the following work:
Galileo
Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger)
1610; one of only two known copies of earliest issue of the first edition -
Goethe: ‘Faust’
A brief commentary prepared by Margaret Strain, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust
Leipzig, 1790; first edition -
Hippocrates: ‘Octoginta volumina’ (‘The Hippocratic Corpus’)
A brief commentary prepared by Bobbi Sutherland, PhD, Assistant Professor, History, on the following work:
Hippocrates
Octoginta volumina (The Hippocratic Corpus)
Rome, 1525; first edition of the first complete Latin edition -
Homer: ‘Works in Greek’
A brief commentary prepared by Fred W. Jenkins, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Collections and Operations, University Libraries, on the following work:
Homer
Works in Greek
Florence, 1488; editio princeps; bookplates of Labouchère and Duke of Sussex -
Kepler: ‘Astronomia Nova’ (‘New Astronomy’)
A brief commentary prepared by Robert Brecha, PhD, Professor, Physics, on the following work:
Johannes Kepler
Astronomia Nova (New Astronomy)
Heidelberg or Prague, 1609; first edition -
La Biblia, que es, Los Sacros Libros del Viejo y Nuevo Testamento (Spanish Bible)
A brief commentary prepared by Neomi DeAnda, PhD, Assisant Professor, Religious Studies, on the following work:
La Biblia, que es, Los Sacros Libros del Viejo y Nuevo Testamento (Spanish Bible)
Basle, 1569; first complete Spanish-language translation of the Bible -
Lincoln: Political Debates of 1858
A brief commentary prepared by Margaret Strain, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:
Abraham Lincoln
Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois
Columbus, 1860; first edition; first issue; presentation copy -
Linnaeus: ‘Systema Naturae’ (‘A General System of Nature’)
A brief commentary prepared by Ryan McEwan, PhD, Professor, Biology, on the following work:
Carl Linnaeus
Systema Naturae (A General System of Nature)
Leiden, 1735; first edition -
‘Mahayana Sutra of the Buddha: Boundless Life’
A brief commentary prepared by Fred W. Jenkins, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Collections and Operations, University Libraries, on the following work:
Mahayana Sutra of the Buddha: Boundless Life
China, early 8th century; Scroll from the Dunhuang caves; in Tibetan language -
Maimonides: ‘The Guide of the Perplexed’
A brief commentary prepared by Patrick Thomas, PhD, Assistant Professor, English, on the following work:
Moses Maimonides
Moreh Nebukhim (The Guide of the Perplexed)
Possibly Rome, ca. 1469; first edition; translated from Judeo-Arabic into Hebrew by Samuel Ibn Tibbon -
Malcolm X: ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’
Excerpted from The New York Times, November 5, 1965, on the following work:
Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
1963; written with Alex Haley; original typed draft -
Marx: ‘Das Kapital’
A brief commentary prepared by Alex Macleod, PhD, Lecturer, English, on the following work:
Karl Marx
Das Kapital: Kritik der politischen Oekonomie (Capital: A Critique of Political Economy)
Hamburg, 1867; volume 1; first edition -
Montessori: ‘The Montessori Method’
A brief commentary prepared by Treavor Bogard, PhD, Assistant Professor, Teacher Education, on the following work:
Maria Montessori
Il metodo della pedagogia scientifica applicato all'educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini (The Montessori Method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in “the Children's Houses”)
1909; first edition -
Newton: ‘Opticks’
Two brief commentaries prepared by Robert Brecha, PhD, Professor, Physics, and H. Angus Macleod, DTech, University of Arizona, on the following work:
Isaac Newton
Opticks: Or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light
London, 1704; first edition -
O'Connor: ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’
A brief commentary prepared by Brother Tom Wendorf, S.M., PhD, national vocation director, Marianist Province of the United States, on the following work:
Flannery O'Connor
A Good Man is Hard to Find
ca. 1955; first edition -
Pascal: ‘Pensées’
A brief commentary prepared by Fred W. Jenkins, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Collections and Operations, University Libraries, on the following work:
Blaise Pascal
Pensées
Paris, 1670; first edition -
Plato: ‘Opera omnia’ (Complete Works)
excerpted from Printing and the Mind of Man (1983), on the following work:
Plato
Opera omnia (Complete Works)
Venice: Aldus, 1513; second printing -
Polyglot Bible: Psalter
A brief commentary prepared by Fred W. Jenkins, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Collections and Operations, University Libraries, on the following work:
Polyglot Bible: Psalter
1516; First edition in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, and Arabic -
Ptolemy: ‘Geographiae universae’
A brief commentary prepared by Robert Brecha, PhD, Professor, Physics, on the following work:
Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy)
Geographiae universae (Geography)
1597; from the library of Robert Burton -
Qur'an
A brief commentary prepared by Jusuf Salih, PhD, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, on the following work:
Qur'an
Kashmir, 1864; an illuminated manuscript, copied by Aziz Khan Kashmiri et al. -
Remarque: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
A brief commentary prepared by Patrick Thomas, PhD, Assistant Professor, English, on the following work:
Erich Maria Remarque
Im Westen nichts Neues (All Quiet on the Western Front)
1928 and 1929; Corrected galley proofs in author’s hand (1928); first edition (1929) -
Shakespeare: ‘Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies’
A brief commentary prepared by Elizabeth Mackay, PhD, Lecturer, English, on the following work:
William Shakespeare
Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
1632; Second Folio -
Tolkien: ‘The Lord of the Rings’
A brief commentary prepared by Miriamne Ara Krummel, PhD, Associate Professor, English, on the following work:
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
London, ca. 1953-1955; page proofs of the first edition with author’s final revisions; binding by Don Glaister -
Twain: ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’
A brief commentary prepared by Kara Getrost, PhD, Lecturer, English, on the following work:
Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1884 and 1885; first British edition (1884) and first American edition (1885) -
Wheatley: ‘Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral’
A brief commentary prepared by Sheila Hassell Hughes, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:
Phillis Wheatley
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
London, 1773; first book published by an African American; frontispiece illustration of author is by African American slave artist Scipio Moorhead -
Wollstonecraft: ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects’
A brief commentary prepared by Mary Sanderson, PhD, Lecturer, History, on the following work:
Mary Wollstonecraft
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects
1792; first edition; original publisher boards -
Woolf: ‘A Room of One's Own’
A brief commentary prepared by Sheila Hassell Hughes, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:
Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own
1929; first trade edition; presentation copy -
‘Zevach Pesach’
A brief commentary prepared by Sandra Yocum, PhD, Associate Professor, Religious Studies, on the following work:
Zevach Pesach
Constantinople, 1505; first edition of Abrabanel's commentary; earliest obtainable edition
