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Page 35
... course , had in their hands the small vellum MS . , say a " Book of Hours , " which , from its small size and liability to lie open and be crushed , will show much soiling and hard usage . But it is otherwise with a grand vellum tome ...
... course , had in their hands the small vellum MS . , say a " Book of Hours , " which , from its small size and liability to lie open and be crushed , will show much soiling and hard usage . But it is otherwise with a grand vellum tome ...
Page 55
... course of only four years , employing the labour of forty men . The cost too was comparatively small , 40,000 crowns , or £ 10,000 , equivalent , we may suppose , to about £ 20,000 in our day . Combined with the printing - office was ...
... course of only four years , employing the labour of forty men . The cost too was comparatively small , 40,000 crowns , or £ 10,000 , equivalent , we may suppose , to about £ 20,000 in our day . Combined with the printing - office was ...
Page 59
... course be a thorough grammarian . ever , that there was no hurry as to the cash settlement . received in reply the following account : - By sale of 17 copies of Sermon By printing , paper , & c . , 35,000 copies 46 The Rev. — , Cr ...
... course be a thorough grammarian . ever , that there was no hurry as to the cash settlement . received in reply the following account : - By sale of 17 copies of Sermon By printing , paper , & c . , 35,000 copies 46 The Rev. — , Cr ...
Page 64
... course cancelled . Any copy , therefore , with these wrongly inserted words , is consequently eagerly sought after . Such errors arise , of course , from indifferent and bad writing , some of which is absolutely distracting . But it is ...
... course cancelled . Any copy , therefore , with these wrongly inserted words , is consequently eagerly sought after . Such errors arise , of course , from indifferent and bad writing , some of which is absolutely distracting . But it is ...
Page 69
... course boast some rare and choice Caxtons . Let him introduce- " The first book printed in England . Westminster , William Caxton , 1474 . Caxton's ' Game and Play of Chess , Moralised ' ( trans- lated 1474 ) , first edition , folio ...
... course boast some rare and choice Caxtons . Let him introduce- " The first book printed in England . Westminster , William Caxton , 1474 . Caxton's ' Game and Play of Chess , Moralised ' ( trans- lated 1474 ) , first edition , folio ...
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