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Beautiful Decorated Initials of a 17th-Century Dutch Bible

October 15, 2019

Check these amazing initials that book restorer Eliane Gomes from Nautilus Boekbinderij found in a Bible that was printed in 1690 in the Hague. Interestingly printers seemingly didn't have a matching initial "V"!

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Amazing Decorated Initials From a 1905 Competition Held by the Studio Magazine

July 28, 2019

Found this beautiful selection of decorated initials while browsing a volume of the Studio - an old magazine about fine and applied arts.

Het drukkers jaarboek 1906 (The Printer’s Yearbook, 1906)

February 19, 2019

Between 1906 and 1911 four yearbooks about printing were published in Amsterdam. They were intended to stimulate a broader and more logical interpretation of the art of printing.

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Beautiful Decorated Initials of a 17th-Century Dutch Bible

Amazing Decorated Initials From a 1905 Competition Held by the Studio Magazine

Het drukkers jaarboek 1906 (The Printer’s Yearbook, 1906)