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

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...] [$]

This woodcut design was used as a decorative ornament on the title page of the Life of William Caxton edited by John Lewis. [more...] [$]

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...] [$]

Cherubs carrying books

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

Cherubs on a book

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

[picture: A naughty cherub makes handprints]

Cherubs with Handprints

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

[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. [$]

Scriptorium Monk at Work

Scriptorium Monk at Work (from Lacroix.) [more...] [$]

Tall Bookcase

A bespectacled gentleman sits reading a large book in front of the end of a tall bookcase. This was originally used as a drop cap for the initial letter I in ‘IN’. [more...] [$]

Typographia

Typographia stands with her robe and chain(??), holding a book out to a cherub with a press; another cherub sets type. [$]

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