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Article A CATALOGUE OF MASONIC BOOKS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ← Page 6 of 6 Article THE DIDOT SALE. Page 1 of 4 →
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A Catalogue Of Masonic Books In The British Museum.
1369 ill . Sprague , W .: An Official Report , etc ., of Rhode Island on Masonry . 8 vo , Providence , 1832 . 1369 i . V . ' ., J . M . de : La Messe et ses Mysteries , etc . 8 vo , Paris , 1844 . 1369 i . S . . F . M . R . de : La Magonnerieetc . des Religions . 8 vo
, , , , Paris , 1833 . 1369 i 18 . Kloss , G .: Bibliographic der Freimaurerei . 8 vo , Frankfurt , 1844 . 1369 i 20 . Freemasonry : A Collection of Letters on F . 8 vo , Boston , 1830 . T 1369 i 20 . United States of America , Anti-Masonic Convention , The Pro-~ 2 ~ ceedings ofetc . 8 voPhiladelphia 1830 .
, , , 1369 i 20 . Freemasonry : Masoniy the same all over the World . 8 vo , T Boston , 1830 . 1369 i 20 . Ritner , J .: Vindication of General Washington , etc ., to Secret ~ I ~ Societies . 8 vo , Boston , 1841 . 1369 i . Bertola , G .: De L'Origine Morale et Religieuse de la Mac . 8 vo , London , 1841 .
1369 i . Freemasonry : Jachin ancl Boaz . London , 1812 . 1369 i . Brainard , W . F .: Masonic Lecture at Union Lodge , New London . 8 vo , Boston , 1830 . 1369 i . ~ B . . , J . C .: Precis Historique de L'Ordre de la Franc-Mac . 8 vo , Paris , 1829 . 13691 . Pennsylvania : Proceedings of the Anti-Masonic Convention . 8 vo ,
Harrisburg , 1830 . 1869 i . Pennsylvania : Ahiman Rezon Abridged , etc . 8 vo , Philadelphia , 1783 . 1369 i . Freemasons : Freemasonry in Europe , etc . 8 vo , London , 1846 . 1369 i . Freemasonry in England : The Early History of . 2 nd edition . London , 1844 . 1369 i . Hutchinson , W .: The Spirit of Masonry . 8 vo , London , 1843 .
The Didot Sale.
THE DIDOT SALE .
Continued from Page , 93 . THE section of printed books commenced with ( Nos . 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 ) four of those curious volumes to which we apply the name of block-books or xylographic books , ancl which are generally supposed to have formed the link between the manuscripts of older times and the typography which started into existence in the middle of the 15 th century . There are critics who imagine
that all block-books are later productions—cheaper popular stereographs , in fact—than the first essays of the printing press ; but it is an undoubted fact that manuscripts are extant in which we find initial letters , or small figures of saints bearing legends , printed from wood or metal upon black spaces , dated in some instances several years earlier than the universally-admitted birthday of the first child of typography . No . 46 was the " Ars Moriendi , " a book of
which several xylographic editions are known to have to be printed , some of them extant in unique copies , as in the instance of Diclot ' s volume . It was bought by the Bibliotheque Nationale for 18 , 000 f . 47 ancl 48 were two different editions of the " Apocalypse Block-book , " concerning whose proper sequence as to date the critics have not been quite in agreement . The first , which was probably of the earliest extant edition , brought 14 , 5001 , and the latter 5 , 900 f . No . 49 was the " Opera Nova Contemplativa , " a block-book which bears the printer ' s name ancl residence ( Venice ) , and has been shown to
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A Catalogue Of Masonic Books In The British Museum.
1369 ill . Sprague , W .: An Official Report , etc ., of Rhode Island on Masonry . 8 vo , Providence , 1832 . 1369 i . V . ' ., J . M . de : La Messe et ses Mysteries , etc . 8 vo , Paris , 1844 . 1369 i . S . . F . M . R . de : La Magonnerieetc . des Religions . 8 vo
, , , , Paris , 1833 . 1369 i 18 . Kloss , G .: Bibliographic der Freimaurerei . 8 vo , Frankfurt , 1844 . 1369 i 20 . Freemasonry : A Collection of Letters on F . 8 vo , Boston , 1830 . T 1369 i 20 . United States of America , Anti-Masonic Convention , The Pro-~ 2 ~ ceedings ofetc . 8 voPhiladelphia 1830 .
, , , 1369 i 20 . Freemasonry : Masoniy the same all over the World . 8 vo , T Boston , 1830 . 1369 i 20 . Ritner , J .: Vindication of General Washington , etc ., to Secret ~ I ~ Societies . 8 vo , Boston , 1841 . 1369 i . Bertola , G .: De L'Origine Morale et Religieuse de la Mac . 8 vo , London , 1841 .
1369 i . Freemasonry : Jachin ancl Boaz . London , 1812 . 1369 i . Brainard , W . F .: Masonic Lecture at Union Lodge , New London . 8 vo , Boston , 1830 . 1369 i . ~ B . . , J . C .: Precis Historique de L'Ordre de la Franc-Mac . 8 vo , Paris , 1829 . 13691 . Pennsylvania : Proceedings of the Anti-Masonic Convention . 8 vo ,
Harrisburg , 1830 . 1869 i . Pennsylvania : Ahiman Rezon Abridged , etc . 8 vo , Philadelphia , 1783 . 1369 i . Freemasons : Freemasonry in Europe , etc . 8 vo , London , 1846 . 1369 i . Freemasonry in England : The Early History of . 2 nd edition . London , 1844 . 1369 i . Hutchinson , W .: The Spirit of Masonry . 8 vo , London , 1843 .
The Didot Sale.
THE DIDOT SALE .
Continued from Page , 93 . THE section of printed books commenced with ( Nos . 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 ) four of those curious volumes to which we apply the name of block-books or xylographic books , ancl which are generally supposed to have formed the link between the manuscripts of older times and the typography which started into existence in the middle of the 15 th century . There are critics who imagine
that all block-books are later productions—cheaper popular stereographs , in fact—than the first essays of the printing press ; but it is an undoubted fact that manuscripts are extant in which we find initial letters , or small figures of saints bearing legends , printed from wood or metal upon black spaces , dated in some instances several years earlier than the universally-admitted birthday of the first child of typography . No . 46 was the " Ars Moriendi , " a book of
which several xylographic editions are known to have to be printed , some of them extant in unique copies , as in the instance of Diclot ' s volume . It was bought by the Bibliotheque Nationale for 18 , 000 f . 47 ancl 48 were two different editions of the " Apocalypse Block-book , " concerning whose proper sequence as to date the critics have not been quite in agreement . The first , which was probably of the earliest extant edition , brought 14 , 5001 , and the latter 5 , 900 f . No . 49 was the " Opera Nova Contemplativa , " a block-book which bears the printer ' s name ancl residence ( Venice ) , and has been shown to