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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 163

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 163
editionas la plus ancienne et veritablemcnt la premiere. Judging from the tracings before us, it is a coarse copy of the fifth edition,and, as such, we here enumerate it, giving at the lower part of plate T. the paper-mark that occurs in the now Pioche copy. We much regret that M. Weigel has… … QUINDECIM SIGNA.Spencer Copy. The figure of the Bull, as in the preceding work, is the onlymark. It is, however, from a mould different from the two above.

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