The Book Fancier: Or, The Romance of Book Collecting |
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Page 13
... beautiful specimen of early typography could not require a more desirable book than the above . In fact , a more noble volume could not grace the shelves of the finest collection . " Who would not be attracted by this glowing language ...
... beautiful specimen of early typography could not require a more desirable book than the above . In fact , a more noble volume could not grace the shelves of the finest collection . " Who would not be attracted by this glowing language ...
Page 32
... beautiful- magis admirandum quam imitandum . A genuine old ecclesiastical library , where all the old calf volumes are grown rusted and mouldy , with the rows of vellum - bound things , mainly theological , their names and titles ...
... beautiful- magis admirandum quam imitandum . A genuine old ecclesiastical library , where all the old calf volumes are grown rusted and mouldy , with the rows of vellum - bound things , mainly theological , their names and titles ...
Page 40
... beautiful specimen of early typography it would be impossible to pro- duce . It is in the finest state imaginable , the paper is of the firmest texture , and as clean as on the day that it was issued from the press : it is so large a ...
... beautiful specimen of early typography it would be impossible to pro- duce . It is in the finest state imaginable , the paper is of the firmest texture , and as clean as on the day that it was issued from the press : it is so large a ...
Page 44
... beautiful seems to have been lavished on these noble tomes . Dibdin's tongue seems to " grow wanton " in their praise . " This great printer , " he exclaims , " is praised , not because he produced many volumes , but because he gave the ...
... beautiful seems to have been lavished on these noble tomes . Dibdin's tongue seems to " grow wanton " in their praise . " This great printer , " he exclaims , " is praised , not because he produced many volumes , but because he gave the ...
Page 70
... beautiful production of this press is thought to be " King Arthur , " fol . 1485. The British Museum has eighty - five examples of Cax- ton's press , which is the largest number ever brought together ; owing , however , to duplicates ...
... beautiful production of this press is thought to be " King Arthur , " fol . 1485. The British Museum has eighty - five examples of Cax- ton's press , which is the largest number ever brought together ; owing , however , to duplicates ...
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