The Printed Book: Its History, Illustration and Adornment: From the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time

· 1906

The Book and the printers of the second generation--The German workmen dispersed through Europe--Caxton and the introduction of printing into England--Nicholas Jenson and his supposed mission to Mayence--The first printing in Paris; William Fichet and John Heinlein--The first French printers; their installation at the Sorbonne and their publications--The movement in France--The illustration of the Book commenced in Italy--The Book in Italy; engraving in relief and metal plates--The Book in Germany: Cologne, Nuremberg, Basle--The Book in the Low Countries--French schools of ornament of the Book; Books of Hours; booksellers at the end of the fifteenth century--Literary taste in titles in Franc…

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