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![[picture: Recto, unidentified eary printed page]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/NicholasJenson-Various/wm/big/recto-132x200.jpg "[picture: Recto, unidentified eary printed page]")
Recto, unidentified eary printed page
Printed by Nicolas Jenson in a black-letter type designed to imitate a scribe’s handwriting. The size given (280x430mm) is for the paper; the text area is approximately 175x280mm. [more...]
[$]![[picture: Detail from verso, showing the letter-forms.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/NicholasJenson-Various/wm/big/verso-detail-typeface-q93-319x200.jpg "[picture: Detail from verso, showing the letter-forms.]")
Detail from verso, showing the letter-forms.
A small detail from the printed page, showing the shapes of the letters.
[$]![[picture: Verso, unidentified eary printed page]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/NicholasJenson-Various/wm/big/verso-q90-132x200.jpg "[picture: Verso, unidentified eary printed page]")
Verso, unidentified eary printed page
The other side of the piece of printed paper that I have from some time between 1470 and 1480.
[$]![[picture: watermark: crossbow in circle]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/NicholasJenson-Various/wm/big/verso-detail-watermark-q90-204x200.jpg "[picture: watermark: crossbow in circle]")
Watermark from an early printed page. I found similar watermarks at the Gravell Watermark Archive suggesting plausible dates of 1476 and 1501 for the paper. [more...]
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