. Printing and writing materials: their evolution . FIRST PAGE OF THE BIBIJA PAUPERUM.(THE ANNUNCIATION.; PBINTINQ IN EUROPE 21 gelists), the Ars Moriendi (How to Die Becom- Block-booksingly), the Mirabilia Romce (the Wonders of ^^^), and the Dance of Death. The only block-book without pictures, of which we have knowl-edge, is the Donatus, or Boy^s Latin of the best known of the block-books is theSpeculum Humance Salvationis (Mirror of Salva-tion) . This is of special interest in the history oftypography, as it occupies a position midway j^^ ^p®^between the block-book pro
. Printing and writing materials: their evolution . FIRST PAGE OF THE BIBIJA PAUPERUM.(THE ANNUNCIATION.; PBINTINQ IN EUROPE 21 gelists), the Ars Moriendi (How to Die Becom- Block-booksingly), the Mirabilia Romce (the Wonders of ^^^), and the Dance of Death. The only block-book without pictures, of which we have knowl-edge, is the Donatus, or Boy^s Latin of the best known of the block-books is theSpeculum Humance Salvationis (Mirror of Salva-tion) . This is of special interest in the history oftypography, as it occupies a position midway j^^ ^p®^between the block-book proper and the ordinaryprinted book. In the true block-book, bothpictures and text were engraved on blocks ofwood. In the four known editions of the Speculumthe text is printed from movable types, exceptin one edition which contains twenty xylographicpages. It is not known just how many different block-books are now in existence, but there are perhapsnearly one hundred. Sotheby, in 1858, describedbut twenty-one; the Encyclopedia Britannica of1888 en
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