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 298
used by Gunther Zainerin his other works. As before noticed, the type used by him is peculiar, inde-pendent of its accurate horizontal lining. We are at a loss to understand how * Sometimes spelt Zeiner and Czeiner. f In a copy possessed by Mr. Fisher of Queen-square, the reverse of the second of… … IH) gottcg nammen a/men ° Steie wb<zt an cmfpicgel &r menfeblicbentcbatanfjeTfiitemgeoff enct wurt 6 vaicfees menfebon ^nt> bicJfpifc« ^fccrbk moffctes wi&rbrmgcntas* ^Jnfcifcm fpiegclmag txvtnefebe erkennc vmb was facbefcer fcbo|pfcr alicjtf rote wart fcen mefeb nG6TRVCK6T DVRCH…
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