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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 37

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is that of a stamped brick takenmany years ago from the ruins of ancient Babylon. Whenin perfect condition, it was thirteen inches square and threeinches thick. The inscription, which is in the cuneiform orarrow-headed character, is irregularly placed on the surface,but the letters or words arc… … A Stamped Brick from the Ruins of Babylon. [ Itoiii Ii.insard.] ANTIQUE METHODS OF IMPRESSION.

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