Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (page 1/3)

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[picture: Front Cover, Pentateuch of Printing]

Pictures from The Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges by William Blades (1824 – 1890), Typographer, Chicago, 1891; I have added the captions.

Title: Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges

Author: Blades, William

Published by: A.C.M. McCLVRG & Co.

City: Chicago

Date: 1891

Total items: 21

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

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[picture: Floriated fruit-bowl ornament, coloured]

Floriated fruit-bowl ornament, coloured

This woodcut design was used as a decorative ornament on the title page of the Life of William Caxton edited by John Lewis. I have coloured it with vintage pastels. [more...]

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[picture: A Line of Composed Type]

A Line of Composed Type

“When the end of a line was reached, and there was no room for more words and yet some space left, the compositor by placing a little extra space between the words made the line fill out the stick. This was called ‘justifying” the line. Each line was lifted out of the stick and placed on a wooden board; thus line after line was [...] [more...]

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[picture: Title Page, Pentateuch of Printing]

Title Page, Pentateuch of Printing

Two stern figures hold up an ornate title page. [more...]

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[picture: Anatomically correct cherubs carrying books]

Cherubs carrying books

Anatomically correct cherubs carrying books through the undergrowth.

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[picture: Two tiny cherubs on a book]

Cherubs on a book

Two tiny cherubs on the spine of an a book. They face away from us.

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Pictures from The Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges by William Blades (1824 – 1890), Typographer, Chicago, 1891; I have added the captions.


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