The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 565
hazard the twenty-two forms, which he determined to turnto account, at any rate as a model for the counterfeit edition he intended topublish. In cast-iron type, these forms could not have weighed more thansixty pounds ; in wooden type, not half as much ; if we add to these thecomposing-sticks, the… … (Imperial Library of Paris, Print Room.) could be no question, since the impressions produced at Haarlem were madewith a pad and by hand, as is still the case with playing-cards and prints. It remains now to discover who was this John who appropriated thesecret of printing, and took it from Haarlem…
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