Principia typographica. The block-books, or xylographic delineations of scripture history; issued in Holland, Flanders and Germany, during the fifteenth century, exemplified and considered in connexion with the origin of printing. To which is added an attempt to elucidate the character of the paper-marks of the period (1858)
Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861 · London, Printed for the author by W. McDowall · leaf 206
NSNWarcVWCSe««««SeSWB8«»2«e^8WN»J … ALPHABET OF INITIAL LETTERS. 123 The letter A (nearly all wanting) in the first diagram should contain the upper partof the water-mark belonging to the first sheet. By the above arrangement, the three sheets could be joined together horizontallyso as to form a frieze, in which case the letters…
Block books · Printing · Watermarks
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