CitizenWald OP , 1 month ago

Among the beauties of traditional printing, as book historians know, are the distinctive character and robust materiality.
Note here, the tactile quality of the rag paper (photo 1), the deep impression of type and ornament (2) and the way the border is assembled from individual ornamental pieces (3)

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impression of title letters and title page ornament showing through on second page
small barely perceptible breaks in the ornamental border show how it was assembled from individual pieces of type