Leaves of Gold
Exhibition Gallery of illuminated manuscript treasures held by Philadelphia repositories
The Atlas of Early Printing is an interactive site designed to be used as a tool for teaching the early history of printing in Europe during the second half of the fifteenth century.
The Development of the Printed Page
150 Examples of Handpress Printing and Its Antecedents, 1200 - 1937
Early Printed Books focuses on what was unique about books printed during the hand-press period in the West—those features particular to works printed between 1450, when the printing press began to be developed in Germany, and 1800, when the machine press began to take its place across the Western world. On this site you’ll find images showing details like title pages, woodcuts, signature marks, volvelles and flaps, and more.
