Old Picture Books, With Other Essays on Bookish Subjects
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Publisher: London, Methuen Publication date: 1902 Subjects: Bibliography Illustrated books Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
Chapters (21)(click to expand)
- OLD PICTURE BOOKS
- NOTE
- CONTENTS
- OLD PICTURE BOOKS
- FLORENTINE RAPPRESENTAZIONI AND THEIR PICTURES[1]
- TWO ILLUSTRATED ITALIAN BIBLES[2]
- A BOOK OF HOURS[3]
- THE TRANSFERENCE OF WOODCUTS IN THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES[5]
- ES TU SCHOLARIS?[9]
- ENGLISH BOOKS PRINTED ABROAD[11]
- SOME PICTORIAL AND HERALDIC INITIALS[13]
- ENGLAND AND THE BOOKISH ARTS[16]
- THE FIRST ENGLISH BOOK SALE[18]
- JOHN DURIE'S 'REFORMED LIBRARIE-KEEPER'[19]
- WOODCUTS IN ENGLISH PLAYS PRINTED BEFORE 1660[20]
- HERRICK AND HIS FRIENDS[21]
- A POET'S STUDIES [23]
- PRINTERS' MARKS OF THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES[25]
- THE FRANKS COLLECTION OF ARMORIAL BOOK-STAMPS[27]
- A QUEEN ANNE POCKET-BOOK[29]
- WHY MEN DON'T MARRY[30]
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