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The book : its history and development (1907)

Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 223

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ies of allegorical figures, all withtheir respective emblems, and often lettered and dated.There are Faith, Hope and Charity; Sweetness, Prudence,Justice; figures of the Evangelists, Christ, David, St. Paul,Lucretia, and heads of the reformers, Luther, Melancthonand Hus particularly. Some of the… … ORtfAMENTATIOK WITHOUT GOLD. 201 others of Luther and Melancthon. Some of these are setin an arabesque framing with a space left in the middlefor an insertion. These are found impressed on calf andon pig skin, and the dies of many of them are mostbeautifully cut. Several of the later calf bindings,…

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