The Book Fancier: Or, The Romance of Book Collecting |
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Page 42
... style in which the threshold to one of these stately tomes was decorated- " was a full - length figure of a warrior , in pale blue , in a floreate letter in crimson , on a golden ground ; in the centre of the right - hand margin was a ...
... style in which the threshold to one of these stately tomes was decorated- " was a full - length figure of a warrior , in pale blue , in a floreate letter in crimson , on a golden ground ; in the centre of the right - hand margin was a ...
Page 44
... style , and each chapter heading illuminated in gold and colours . Well kept and taken care of through four long centuries , richly yet soberly dressed , these treasures repay the kind- ness with which they are treated , and might be ...
... style , and each chapter heading illuminated in gold and colours . Well kept and taken care of through four long centuries , richly yet soberly dressed , these treasures repay the kind- ness with which they are treated , and might be ...
Page 53
... the most refined and pleasing style . Plantin was the great Catholic printer , as the Elzevirs were the great Protestant printers , and From the works of both reflected these influences . the The Elzevirs , Plantins , and Old Printers . 53.
... the most refined and pleasing style . Plantin was the great Catholic printer , as the Elzevirs were the great Protestant printers , and From the works of both reflected these influences . the The Elzevirs , Plantins , and Old Printers . 53.
Page 55
... style , in the 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 ...
... style , in the 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 ...
Page 74
... style of workmanship . These seem to have become at once past masters in the art , and there is a perfect ease and variety in their mode of treatment . Caxton's are slight and unpretending efforts by comparison with their stately ...
... style of workmanship . These seem to have become at once past masters in the art , and there is a perfect ease and variety in their mode of treatment . Caxton's are slight and unpretending efforts by comparison with their stately ...
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