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 182
d in-genious, whether in the most barren or the mostcomplicated subjects. He has left us in a celebrated print a representationof a booksellers shop of his time. It is for us aninteresting page, in which is shown simply and rathernaively the picturesque side of these stores, with thedealer and his… … Fig. 76.—Print by Abraliani Bossc representing- the booksellers ofthe Palace under Louis XIII. scriptions given by Bosse be credited, the Palace dealeroftered his books with singular eclecticism : Boccaccio, 172 THE PRINTED BOOK. Aretin, the Astrce of DUrfe, the Bible, and MachiavelH.In the hands…
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