. The century illustrated monthly magazine . NOAH S LOG-BOOK — HEAD-PIECE FROM GROLIER CLUB EDITION OF KNICKER-BOCKERS HISTORY OF NEW YORK. (DRAWN BY W. H. DRAKE.) Edwards. There is a page of fair proportion(as we have seen), and there is a type rightlyadjusted thereto; and there is the very perfec-tion of press-work, alike impeccable in impres-sion and in register. Herein indeed we see thefinal superiority of the best modern printing byimproved machines when guided by a fineartistic sense; such registry as this would beabsolutely accidental, not to say impossible, onthe hand-presses of theear
. The century illustrated monthly magazine . NOAH S LOG-BOOK — HEAD-PIECE FROM GROLIER CLUB EDITION OF KNICKER-BOCKERS HISTORY OF NEW YORK. (DRAWN BY W. H. DRAKE.) Edwards. There is a page of fair proportion(as we have seen), and there is a type rightlyadjusted thereto; and there is the very perfec-tion of press-work, alike impeccable in impres-sion and in register. Herein indeed we see thefinal superiority of the best modern printing byimproved machines when guided by a fineartistic sense; such registry as this would beabsolutely accidental, not to say impossible, onthe hand-presses of theearly printers. In the manufactureof this edition of the Philobiblon there isthe full harmony whichcomes from a union ofknowledge, skill, andtaste. It is a delight tothe eye, to the hand,and to the mind. Atlast the book of Richardde Bury has a goodlyoutside, as becomes thewords of wisdom miraculous escape of a great metropolis in a fog—head-piece from grolier clubedition of Knickerbockers history of new york. (drawn by w. h. drake.) THE GROLIER CLUB. 1 97 Miwtoi tie Burp rjr <&ptimi& Cotomtms fcecensuit
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