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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 267

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f one of the many [From Boning.] copies of the book which were printed in Holland before theinvention of typography, Koning submits the fac-simile of apage from an old Hovarium, or manual of devotion, which wascopied by him from the original block. He says that thisblock once belonged to Adrien… … Minm mm THE DONATUS, OR BOYS LATIN GRAMMAR. 26l very old piece of engraving. It can be fairly attributed to thefifteenth century, but no good evidence has been adduced toshow that it was made before the invention of types. Theblock is practically worn out: the letters have been so flat-tened by…

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