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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.

Some sample images

[picture: Learned gentlemen dispute amicably by torchlight]

Discourse into the Night

Two learned robed, bearded and barefoot gentlemen converse, books in their lap. The smoke-filled scene is lit by a single flame. [$]

[picture: Anatomically correct cherubs carrying books]

Cherubs carrying books

Anatomically correct cherubs carrying books through the undergrowth. [$]

[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...] [$]

[picture: Title page from Lewis' Life of William Caxton]

Title page from Lewis’ Life of William Caxton

The Life of Mayster Wyllyam Caxton, of the Weald of Kent; the First Printer in England. [more...] [$]

[picture: A naughty cherub makes handprints]

Cherubs with Handprints

A naughty cherub makes handprints on everything, including his naked companion [$]


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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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