The printed book, its history, illustration, and adornment, from the days of Gutenberg to the present time (1887)
Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899 · London, H. Grevel and co. · leaf 100
nventors of an art that he himself possessedto an eminent degree. He prided himself on being whatwe may call a skilled typographer ; virum hujus artissolertissimum, he writes without false modesty. At THE PORTRAIT IN THE BOOK. 89 times, in the colophons of his books, he attempted Latinverse, the… … Fig. 35.—Frontispiece to Terence, published by Treschel at Ljonsin 1493. The author writing his book. Jamque Lugduni juvenes, senesque,Martias nonas celebres agebantMagna Regina; quia prepotentiFesta parabant. The portrait is another element of illustration, thefigure of the author prefixed to his…
Books · Bookbinding -- History · Printing -- History
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
