Dedication page to "The Moft Auguft James The Second..."

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• ARTIST: Richard Blome

• PUBLISHER: Published in London by S. Roycroft

• MEDIUM: Wood engraving and Letterpress

  DATE: 1686

• EDITION SIZE: Paper size 10 1/2 x 15 5/8" (26.2 x 39.7 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: This dedication page from Richard Blome’s The Gentlemans Recreation (1686) reflects the customary practice of dedicating major works to the reigning monarch. The leaf is richly adorned with two prominent engraved typographer’s ornaments and features a beautifully elaborate initial “H” that opens the text. Its design showcases the formal style and decorative flourishes typical of late 17th-century English printing.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in an 11 x 17.5 inch archival mylar for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition , some staining along the left margin from the paste used when it was first bound in the 17th century.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Historical , Other