Printing and writing materials : their evolution (1904)
Smith, Adele Millicent · Philadelphia : Smith · leaf 46
unquestioned date is the St. Chris- ^ ^^ topher of 1423. It is a rude wood-engraving,about 8 by 11 inches, and represents the Saintcarrying the infant Saviour across a river. Thisprint was discovered by Heinecken, in 1769,pasted inside the binding of an old manuscriptvolume of 1417, in the library… … STATUE OF GUTENBERr, AT STRASBIRG[From a rhntii,i;iapli.] PRINTING IN EUROPE 19 Rylands, of Manchester, England.^ In the bookwhich contained the St. Christopher was also foundanother image print, the Annunciation, by some The Annun- ^ c } J J ciation. thought to be of the same age and workmanshipas…
Writing -- Materials and instruments · Printing -- History · Papermaking · Bookbinding
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