A technical dictionary of printmaking, André Béguin.
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Block-book
"A block-book is a book whose pages (whether text only, or text and pictures combined) are printed entirely from wood blocks, the text being cut on the block and not printed separately from movable type." (A.M.Hind, "An introduction to a History of woodcut", London, 1935). [* incunabula, xylography].
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