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Erasable pages.

From the 1665 Elsevier edition of Boccaccio’s Decameron.

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libraryoftheprintedweb:

A catalogue for Venice—every item in the collection documented with photography, texts and specifications. Purchase here.

the printed catalog of the Library of the Printed Web.

theartofgooglebooks:

Dog-ear.

From p. 294 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1912). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized June 27, 2007.

Ain’t no PRTY like a ABDEFGMNPRTY.

dailyspecimen:

The Cooper Black alternate swash initials in this type specimen were designed by Oswald Cooper in 1926.

“This page is missing from the only known copy.”
Throughout An Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1657 by S. B. (1657). Original from Indiana University. Digitized August 9, 2011.
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Throughout An Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1657 by S. B. (1657). Original from Indiana University. Digitized August 9, 2011.
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Throughout An Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1657 by S. B. (1657). Original from Indiana University. Digitized August 9, 2011.
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“This page is missing from the only known copy.”

Throughout An Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1657 by S. B. (1657). Original from Indiana University. Digitized August 9, 2011.

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carlyayres:

Printing a book for Ben. carlyayres:

Printing a book for Ben.

carlyayres:

Printing a book for Ben.