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BOOKS PRINTED BY [Siege of Rhodes.
This latter act concludes the impression, on the reverse of signature
e vij : d has 10, the rest have S, leaves. With the exception of the
margins being stained, from damp or mildew, this volume is in very
desirable condition; having but one slight ms.remark, (which is at the
bottom) on signature a ij, recto. The margin, in respect to size, is
nearly in its original state. The type is the largest of the letters used
by the printer. Jt may be questioned whether there are three perfect
copies of this impression in existence. Neither Ames, Tutet, nor
Herbert, had seen a copy ; and the second of t hese authorities expressly
says that ‘ the whole is very rare to meet with.’ A full page has 31
lines. In russia binding.
883. Siege of Rhodes TVithout Place or Date.
Folio.
It is rather in conformity with the arrangement made by Herbert,
and followed by myself, that this book stands described in its present
order; since I have very little doubt of its having been executed by
Lettou and Machlinia, or by the former of these printers, rather than
by Caxton, The letters, however, great and small—especially the
larger ones—and some of the compound smaller ones—bear a strong
resemblance to the smallest types of our first printer : but, on a com-
parison with those of the Tenures of Littleton, and of the Ancient
Abridgement of the Statutes, printed by Lettou and Machlinia (vide post)
the resemblance is quite eomplete.
Having been before somewhat copious upon this curious and (as at
present supposed) unique article,*' it remains only to remark that the
prologue,f by Jolin Kay the poet-laureat, occupies each side of the
first leaf: the text beginning thus, on the recto of the 2d leaf:
tfjat % fjaue apfpeb mc to iieriare anti
gufclpfffje to aife crpgten peopie tfje £icge of
tije nofiie anb inupncpfiie tptce of ftf)oiie£:
8cc. 8cc. 8cc.
The Turkish cannon, brought to play against the walls of the city,
* TlJpog, Antiq.vol, i. p. 356 • where it is printed entire. Callingit unique, is in reference
oniy to another peifect copy.
BOOKS PRINTED BY [Siege of Rhodes.
This latter act concludes the impression, on the reverse of signature
e vij : d has 10, the rest have S, leaves. With the exception of the
margins being stained, from damp or mildew, this volume is in very
desirable condition; having but one slight ms.remark, (which is at the
bottom) on signature a ij, recto. The margin, in respect to size, is
nearly in its original state. The type is the largest of the letters used
by the printer. Jt may be questioned whether there are three perfect
copies of this impression in existence. Neither Ames, Tutet, nor
Herbert, had seen a copy ; and the second of t hese authorities expressly
says that ‘ the whole is very rare to meet with.’ A full page has 31
lines. In russia binding.
883. Siege of Rhodes TVithout Place or Date.
Folio.
It is rather in conformity with the arrangement made by Herbert,
and followed by myself, that this book stands described in its present
order; since I have very little doubt of its having been executed by
Lettou and Machlinia, or by the former of these printers, rather than
by Caxton, The letters, however, great and small—especially the
larger ones—and some of the compound smaller ones—bear a strong
resemblance to the smallest types of our first printer : but, on a com-
parison with those of the Tenures of Littleton, and of the Ancient
Abridgement of the Statutes, printed by Lettou and Machlinia (vide post)
the resemblance is quite eomplete.
Having been before somewhat copious upon this curious and (as at
present supposed) unique article,*' it remains only to remark that the
prologue,f by Jolin Kay the poet-laureat, occupies each side of the
first leaf: the text beginning thus, on the recto of the 2d leaf:
tfjat % fjaue apfpeb mc to iieriare anti
gufclpfffje to aife crpgten peopie tfje £icge of
tije nofiie anb inupncpfiie tptce of ftf)oiie£:
8cc. 8cc. 8cc.
The Turkish cannon, brought to play against the walls of the city,
* TlJpog, Antiq.vol, i. p. 356 • where it is printed entire. Callingit unique, is in reference
oniy to another peifect copy.