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A new light on the renaissance displayed in contemporary emblems (1909)

Bayley, Harold · London, J.M. Dent · leaf 134

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i22 NEW LIGHT ON THE RENAISSANCE “ One of the most important and interesting phases in connection with printers’ marks,” says Mr W. Roberts, the … most recent writer on this subject, “ is undoubtedly the motif of the pictorial embellishments. Both the precise origin and the object of many marks are now lost to us.” He adds, u We do not propose offering any kind of explana- tion for these singular marks.” The attitude of Bibliography towards…

Emblems · Cabala · Printers' marks · Renaissance

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