Specimen of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia Typographica: An Extensively Illustrated Work, in Three Volumes, Imperial Quarto, on the Block-Books, or Xylographic Delineations of Scripture History Issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, During the Fiftee
Specimen of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia Typographica: An Extensively Illustrated Work, in Three Volumes, Imperial Quarto, on the Block-Books, or Xylographic Delineations of Scripture History Issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, During the Fiftee
Excerpt from Specimen of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia Typographica: An Extensively Illustrated Work, in Three Volumes, Imperial Quarto, on the Block-Books, or Xylographic Delineations of Scripture History Issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, During the Fifteenth Century, on Their Connexion With the Origin of Printing The importance Of the Art of Printing, by the discovery of which so much has been effected, will, I feel assured, be deemed a sufficiently valid excuse for any attempt, however feeble, to throw an ...
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Excerpt from Specimen of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia Typographica: An Extensively Illustrated Work, in Three Volumes, Imperial Quarto, on the Block-Books, or Xylographic Delineations of Scripture History Issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, During the Fifteenth Century, on Their Connexion With the Origin of Printing The importance Of the Art of Printing, by the discovery of which so much has been effected, will, I feel assured, be deemed a sufficiently valid excuse for any attempt, however feeble, to throw an additional ray of light upon the source whence it was derived, and upon the circumstances under which it was first divulged and subsequently diffused throughout the world. It would be a needless task to enlarge upon the wonderful results which have accrued from that eventful invention, in order to justify any further accession to the already abundant stock of Typographical and Bibliographical Literature with which Learned Men in all countries have laboured to illustrate the origin of this general benefit and common property of mankind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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