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100 1 _aJennings, Oscar
245 1 0 _aEarly Woodcut Initials :
_bContaining over Thirteen Hundred Reproductions of Ornamental Letters of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
246 1 _aEarly Woodcut Initials Containing over 1300 Reproductions of Ornamental Letters of the 15th and 16th Centuries
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2021-07-15
508 _aCharlene Taylor, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
520 _a"Early Woodcut Initials" by Oscar Jennings is a scholarly examination of ornamental letters used in book printing, written in the early 20th century. This work contains over thirteen hundred reproductions of initial letters from the 15th and 16th centuries, meticulously selected and annotated to illuminate their artistic and historical significance. Jennings aims to address the underappreciated role of these initials in early printed books, advocating for their recognition as integral elements of book design. The opening of the work presents transcriber’s notes and a preface where Jennings outlines the growing interest in early printing and decorations in books while emphasizing the overlooked importance of initial letters among engravings. He reflects on the historical context and evolution of ornamental initials, describing their artistic intent in contrast to mere illustrations. Jennings introduces the idea that a specialized study on these artistic letters is necessary, suggesting that although progress has been made in documenting them, much work remains to fully appreciate their richness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUK: Methuen and Co., 1908
653 _aWood-engraving
653 _aInitials
653 _aIllustrated books
653 _aBlock books
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/earlywoodcutinit00jenn/page/n9/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65847
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