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 109
—Engraved plates in English books UR simple division into chapterswill be understood without diffi-culty as not corresponding exactlywith the most momentous epochsin the history of the Book inFrance and abroad. Doubtlessit would be easy for Francealone to find some limits and to furnish… … VENICE AND ALDUS MANUTIUS. 99 convenient to begin with the confused and tanglednotions by centuries and to unfold in our review thecharacteristic facts of each country conjointly. More-over, after the sixteenth century neither Italy nor Ger-many could compare with France, which, less…
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