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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

An illustration from 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, leaf 111
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 were sold, by Mr. Evans,for Messrs. G. and W. Nicol. The tracings are roughly drawn, not having beenoriginally intended for any other purpose… … HOLLAND AND THE LOW COUNTRIES. 75 P. INITIAL FOR PHILIP DUKE OF BURGUNDY. THE LETTER r AS A WATER-MARK. Locality, and not persons, is the object to be ascertained. We firmly believethat Printing originated in Holland Proper, or the Netherlands; but we give apreference to the former, as the letters…

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