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 56
ok was bound. The copy of the Biblia Pauperum here quoted furnishesus with an earlier date by two years—singularly enough by the same binder. The inscription referred to is tobe found on a copy of the Epistles of St. Jerome, running thus : Uligatus est Anno Domini 1469 Per me Johannem Michenbach… … APOCALTPSIS S. JOHAXXIS. 23 M. Libri had a copy of this edition, wanting pages 14 and 18. The copywas particularly interesting as being unbound, unpasted, and in the original threegatherings of eight leaves, thus satisfactorily showing the order and mode ofworking the pages. It was sold in 1850…
Block books · Printing · Watermarks
Internet Archive · Boston Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
