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The invention of printing : a collection of facts and opinions descriptive of early prints and playing cards, the block-books of the fifteenth century, the legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the work of John Gutenberg and his associates (1878)

De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : F. Hart · leaf 230

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ight in armor. 7. Forgive us our trespasses. Christstanding on the altar, the blood pouringfrom his side in a basin, from whichseveral persons fill their cups. 8. Lead us not into temptation. Thedisobedient, proud, gluttonous and ava-ricious surround a table. Death carriesaway the foremost. 9.… … Fac-simile of the Fifth Illustration of the Exercise on the Lords Prayer.Engraving in the original print is 7% by 7% American inches. [From Holtrop.] 224 BLOCK-BOOKS WITHOUT TEXT. Santander says that the book bears all the marks of thehighest antiquity. Holtrop says that there is one copy ofthis…

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