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 111
instance of that figure resemblingthose used in the Ars Moriendi, the Biblia Pauperum, and the Speculum. Thatnumbered 14, in pi. M., a little approaches No. 15, pi. Q., from the FasciculusTemporum of Veldener. We have before us the tracings of the various marks in the Inglis copy ofCaxtons Fayt of… … The Unicorn often occurring in copies of the fourth edition of the Apocalypse,pi. C, is frequently found in works printed by Ulric ZeU. In order to shew thegreat similarity of the mark, we give two tracings made above thirty years since(1825), when so many rare pieces from the press of Ulric ZeU…
Block books · Printing · Watermarks
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