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 158
s in bothbeing copied from the originals before referred to. ENGLISH BOOKS OF THE i6th CENTURY. I47 Folio was the size usually adopted, and in this sizethe series of chronicles appeared : Arnold, printedabroad in 1502; Fabian, in 1516; Froissart, byPynson, in two volumes, 1523-5; Harding, by… … Fig. 67.—Woodcut from Coverdales Bible, 1535.Cain killing Abel. Polemical and religious treatises were mostly printedin quarto, as were the poets : Spensers Faerie Oueene,in 1590; Langlands Pierce Plowman, in 1550; andSidneys Arcadia^ in 1590. Plays were also printed inquarto, in which shape at the…
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