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... colours , and illuminated throughout . A most superb copy of this early monument of typography in its infancy , printed by one of the secret workmen of Guttenberg , handsome copy , bound in hogskin , gold and blind tooling on back and ...
... colours , and illuminated throughout . A most superb copy of this early monument of typography in its infancy , printed by one of the secret workmen of Guttenberg , handsome copy , bound in hogskin , gold and blind tooling on back and ...
Page 20
... colours , and in magnificent binding , with clasps and bosses . " It was styled " Mazarin " from the first discovery of a copy in Cardinal Mazarin's library . It is printed in double columns , in large letters , much like those used in ...
... colours , and in magnificent binding , with clasps and bosses . " It was styled " Mazarin " from the first discovery of a copy in Cardinal Mazarin's library . It is printed in double columns , in large letters , much like those used in ...
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... colours , the large initials being impressed , each in at least two colours , from wooden or metal blocks . Of the seven surviving copies of the 1457 edition , most are imperfect , and all but Lord Spencer's are in public libraries . Of ...
... colours , the large initials being impressed , each in at least two colours , from wooden or metal blocks . Of the seven surviving copies of the 1457 edition , most are imperfect , and all but Lord Spencer's are in public libraries . Of ...
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... colours . * The Codex was in vellum , and displayed five painted capitals with initial letters in red , and also musical notes . The second book in our wide world with a date , mark ! and , more interesting still , with the Athanasian ...
... colours . * The Codex was in vellum , and displayed five painted capitals with initial letters in red , and also musical notes . The second book in our wide world with a date , mark ! and , more interesting still , with the Athanasian ...
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... colours , and gold miniatures with bindings to match - such were the glories of the first printed books . Their size was often two feet high , and as to their number , here is one significant fact . In the Royal Library at the Hague ...
... colours , and gold miniatures with bindings to match - such were the glories of the first printed books . Their size was often two feet high , and as to their number , here is one significant fact . In the Royal Library at the Hague ...
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