Bible, Polyglot, 1657 (T1v)

An example of a "polyglot" Bible---a Bible printed in its earliest languages and translations. On this leaf you can see texts in Hebrew, Latin, Greek, and Syriac, each in their own place and separated by hand-drawn red ruling.

Bijns, Refereyn, 1611 (A1r)

This lengthy title page provides the author's name, imprint and privilege statements, and a description of the book's contents.

Bijns, Refereyn, 1611 (A4v-A5r)

In this densely printed opening, you can see printed marginal notes used as references to the Bible.

Black Bird, 1790 (p1)

The title page to this small chapbook lists the 8 ballads printed therein along with a decorative woodcut.

Black Bird, 1790 (p8)

A line of printer's flowers is used to separate the end of one ballad from the start of the next in this 8-page chapbook; because this is the last page, the phrase finis is placed at the end.

Boethius, Arithmetica, 1492 (2a1r)

This edition of Boethius uses a title label on the first page of the book to provide a quick identification of the text.

Boethius, Arithmetica, 1492 (2a1v)

The text of this edition begins "Incipiunt duo libri de Arthimetica" but the title of the book is taken not from this phrase, but from the title label on the previous page. The space for the initial letter, like others in this volume, has been left unfilled.

Boethius, Arithmetica, 1492 (2l8r)

On this last leaf of text, the printer has included both a colophon identifying who printed the book and a register of the last words printed on the first four leaves in each gathering of the two-volume set.

Boethius, Arithmetica, 1492 (2l8v)

This printer's device for the brothers Giovanni and Gregorio de' Gregori is on the last page of their Boethius.

Boethius, Consolatione, 1497 (d1r)

Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae, a popular medieval text, was often circulated with commentary. Here, Boethius's text is printed in a larger size, with the commentary surrounding it.