Distinguishing decoration from illustration, Plomer traces how English printers adorned their pages, from the borrowed borders of the earliest presses through the head and tail pieces, decorative blocks, initials and type flowers of later centuries. He follows individual blocks from shop to shop, such as one used by the Eliot’s Court Press until about 1650, and identifies the printers behind them.
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