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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 104

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ty works, thecolophons of many of them revealing much of thepersonal life and character of the first English printer.Some of them were ornamented with woodcuts ; we BOOKS PRINTED BY CAXTON. 93 reproduce two from the Game and Playe of the Chesse,printed in foHo, about 1476. The first represents… … -^ Fig. 38.—Music, a woodcut from Caxtons Mirrour of the World. he have an helme on his heed and a spere in his righthond, and coverid with his shelde, a swerde and a maceon his left S3de, clad with an halberke and plates toforehis breste, legge harnoys on his legges, spores on hisheelis, on hys…

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