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Collection of title pages (from English and continental books), woodcut and engraved illustrations, printer's devices, woodcut devices and woodcut initials probably compiled in the mid or late 19th century. Also includes some manuscript facsimiles, ms. title pages for the various sections, ms. annotations and an index at the end.
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[print; woodcut image of the 1793 balloon flight of Jean Pierre Blanchard from the Walnut Street Prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; previously identified as PSS 433] Artist(s): Charles R. Gardner. Printer /Publisher text: "Woodcut copyright, 1931, The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company"
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Thirty-five reproductions from printed books in the library of William Morris, preceded by extracts from his article "On the artistic qualities of the woodcut books of Ulm and Augsburg in the fifteenth century," and followed by a list of the principal books with woodcuts in his library
108446
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Almanac in German for 1479; includes information on when to perform bloodletting. Woodcut banderole on top and border on left; three illustrations of an eclipse. Imperfect: stained and torn, subsequently repaired and mounted, with some loss of text.
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