The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 620
buyersand of amateurs was every day increas-ing. In the libraries of princes, scholars,or monks, printed books were collected asformerly were manuscripts. Henceforthprinting found everywhere the same protec-tion, the same encouragement, the samerivalry. Typographers sometimes travelledwith their… … Fig-. 415.—Border employed by John of Tournes, in 1557, ornamented with Antique Masks and AllegoricalPersonages bearing Baskets containing Laurel Branches. 3 x 52o PRINTING. number of editions published in Europe in the space of half a centuryamounted to sixteen thousand. But the most remarkable…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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