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An inquiry concerning the invention of printing : in which the systems of Meerman, Heinecken, Santander, and Koning are reviewed : including also notices of the early use of wood-engraving in Europe, the block-books, etc. (1863)

Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, Berjeau, Jean Philibert, 1809-1891 · London : J. Lilly · leaf 271

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g to thecrowned by her Spouse. Righteous. Christ is about converse of an Angel. to place a Crown upon the Head of a Person who is kneeling beforehim. This last leaf is copied entire in Heinecken, Idee Generate,p. 393. I have here given the two figures of St. John and the Angel,which are remarkable… … Of this work, in forty pieces, with the text in the Latin language,Heinecken describes four different editions, besides another, aug-mented by ten prints, which he terms the fifth edition. He declareshimself, however, unable to determine which is the earliest. If, says he, I place them one after…

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