Dedicated to the bibliographer Henry Bradshaw, Duff’s 1893 survey begins with the origins of printing and Gutenberg’s circle at Mainz, then follows the craft from town to town across Germany, Italy, France, the Low Countries and England. Along the way come Schoeffer, the Brethren of the Common Life working in their house called Nazareth, and the type, illustration and bindings of the incunabula.
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