The book of American interiors, prepared by Charles Wyllys Elliott from existing houses; with preliminary essays and letterpress descriptions; illustrated in heliotype (1876)
Elliott, Charles Wyllys, 1817-1883 · Boston, J.R. Osgood and Co. · leaf 66
rryweather. THE LIBRARY. 59 produced from movable types their first great book, the Latin Vulgate(1450), now known as the Mazarin Bible; one copy of whichexists in this country in the collection of Mr. Lenox. From this point the art of printing spread like fire on the prairie,until, in 1530, it is… … to the reading-desk for safety. In the libraries of the monasteriesand elsewhere the books were kept on the shelves chained. We givehere an illustration (Fig. 6) (still existing, I believe) from the libraryof Hereford, England, showing- the books clasped in their preserving-chains. A book with the…
Architecture · Interior decoration
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