Early illustrated books : a history of the decoration and illustration of books in the 15th and 16th centuries (1917)
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944 · London : K. Paul, Trench, Trubner · leaf 161
gaudy and magnificent book. In 1494 Verardpublished his Lancelot ; and in 1495, a LegendeDoree and S. Jeromes Vie des Peres en frangois.This last book was finished on October 15, but itsappearance was preceded by that of the first volumeof the publishers most ambitious undertaking, anedition of the… … From Vttdixdis Jose/hiis, 1492. (Much reduced.) 152 Early Illustrated Books and twenty leaves, printed in long double columns.The whole work thus contains about the sameamount of matter as some fifty volumes of thepresent series, yet it was faultlessly printed on thefinest vellum, and with…
Illustrated books · Incunabula
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