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; New York, E.P. Dutton · leaf 224
Canonist andhis scholars in an A preside over Matrimony;money-changers in a D over Commerce, while aluckless wretch being hanged in the midst of a T Spain 213 warns evil-doers of what they may expect underthe criminal law. The pages containing theseinitials are enriched also by a border in two… … Initial L from a Copilacion de Leyes, Zamora, c. 1485. illustrating the subjects of the chapters which theybegin, are at the same time essentially decorative,and they are certainly the best pictorial initials Ihave ever seen, though it must be reckoned againstthem that they were unduly difficult to…
Illustrated books -- History 15th and 16th centuries · Incunabula
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