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An inquiry concerning the invention of printing : in which the systems of Meerman, Heinecken, Santander, and Koning are reviewed : including also notices of the early use of wood-engraving in Europe, the block-books, etc. (1863)

Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, Berjeau, Jean Philibert, 1809-1891 · London : J. Lilly · leaf 459

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uments will be found in thebefore-mentioned admirable work of the late Mr. Stothard, Jun. No. 5. I have here given two views of the beautiful steel cuirass,so particularly spoken of by Dr. Meyrick, in the dissertation he sokindly favoured me with, and which, with his permission, I at thattime… … chap, xiv.) COSTUME FROM ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS. 365 cuirass, which he there dates before the year 1440, and appears toconsider as affording sufficient proof that, even at that early period,the new method of forming the cuirass with three or four pieces forthe breast, instead of two, and as many…

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