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So how do you find symbols in signature marks?
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So how do you find symbols in signature marks?

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Erin Blake Sarah Werner

Sarah: In my last post, I showed some examples of books that use symbols in signature marks. But how did I find these books and how might you find more examples? It’s one thing to search for books printed in…

The use of paragraph marks in early 16th-century Flemish editions
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The use of paragraph marks in early 16th-century Flemish editions

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Goran Proot

(UPDATE January 23: In editing this post, I inadvertently inserted an inaccurate use of “Dutch” as a modifier in the post title; I’ve now updated it to the correct “Flemish”. SW.) The Folger Shakespeare Library has very strong Continental holdings.…