Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country (1906)
Miltoun, Francis · Boston, L. C. Page · leaf 272
are the streets of the workers, asilk-mill or two, and the printing-offices. Toursis and always has been celebrated for the num- Tours and About There 205 ber and size of its imprimeries, witli which, inolden times, the name of the great ChristopherPlantin, the master printer of Antwerp,… … was high. In the days of solemn processionsthe booksellers led the way, followed by thepaper - makers, the parchment - makers, thescribes, — who had not wholly died out,—the binders and the illuminators. In these daysthe printers were granted an emblazoned arms,which was characteristic and…
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