Block book
Block books, also called xylographica, are short books of up to 50 leaves, block printed in Europe in the second half of the 15th century as woodcuts with blocks carved to include both text and illustrations. The content of the books was nearly always religious, aimed at a popular audience, and a few titles were often reprinted in several editions using new woodcuts. Although many had believed that block books preceded Gutenberg's invention of movable type in the first part of the 1450s, it now is accepted that most of the surviving block books were printed in the 1460s or later, and that the earliest surviving examples may date to about 1451. They seem to have functioned as a cheap popular alternative to the typeset book, which was still very expensive at this stage. Single-leaf woodcuts
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Block book
Block books, also called xylographica, are short books of up to 50 leaves, block printed in Europe in the second half of the 15th century as woodcuts with blocks carved to include both text and illustrations. The content of the books was nearly always religious, aimed at a popular audience, and a few titles were often reprinted in several editions using new woodcuts. Although many had believed that block books preceded Gutenberg's invention of movable type in the first part of the 1450s, it now is accepted that most of the surviving block books were printed in the 1460s or later, and that the earliest surviving examples may date to about 1451. They seem to have functioned as a cheap popular alternative to the typeset book, which was still very expensive at this stage. Single-leaf woodcuts
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Block books, also called xylog ...... probably not surviving at all.
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Ein Blockbuch (auch Holzschnit ...... Formen sind wesentlich älter.
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Książka blokowa (lub książka k ...... ków) z klocków drzeworytowych.
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Un incunable xylographique (ou ...... ons ont survécu par fragments.
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Block books, also called xylog ...... s stage. Single-leaf woodcuts
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Ein Blockbuch (auch Holzschnit ...... dern hinzugefügt (siehe Bild).
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Książka blokowa (lub książka k ...... ków) z klocków drzeworytowych.
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Un incunable xylographique (ou ...... ons ont survécu par fragments.
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Block book
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Blockbuch
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Incunable xylographique
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Książka blokowa
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