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Page xi
... styled an odd volume , were it not intended to be even with its predecessor , of which , indeed , it forms the counterpart . It is odd in its plan and arrangement , consists of odd sayings and selections , from many odd and out - of ...
... styled an odd volume , were it not intended to be even with its predecessor , of which , indeed , it forms the counterpart . It is odd in its plan and arrangement , consists of odd sayings and selections , from many odd and out - of ...
Page 26
... styled " ars artium omnium conserva- trix " -was an eminent instance of the successful cultivation of letters , combined with mechanical pursuits . Amidst the onerous charge of an extensive printing - office in one of the chapelries of ...
... styled " ars artium omnium conserva- trix " -was an eminent instance of the successful cultivation of letters , combined with mechanical pursuits . Amidst the onerous charge of an extensive printing - office in one of the chapelries of ...
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... styled the father of the English press . The well - known names of Pyn- son , who died 1529 , Wynkin de Worde , in 1534 , and Wyer , in 1542 , although justly celebrated for the improvements they effected in the typographic art , the ...
... styled the father of the English press . The well - known names of Pyn- son , who died 1529 , Wynkin de Worde , in 1534 , and Wyer , in 1542 , although justly celebrated for the improvements they effected in the typographic art , the ...
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... styled the eighth wonder of the world - was his Biblia Polyglotta , in eight folio volumes , copies of which , not being now rare , produce no extraordinary sums at auction . Then we have the no less illustrious names of Francis ...
... styled the eighth wonder of the world - was his Biblia Polyglotta , in eight folio volumes , copies of which , not being now rare , produce no extraordinary sums at auction . Then we have the no less illustrious names of Francis ...
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... styled Statio- narii at the Universities of Paris and Bologna ; they used to sell and loan MSS . This was the commencement of the book- selling business . A species of literary censorship , it appears , was first established at Paris ...
... styled Statio- narii at the Universities of Paris and Bologna ; they used to sell and loan MSS . This was the commencement of the book- selling business . A species of literary censorship , it appears , was first established at Paris ...
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