History of Text Technologies

This is a fine example of early printing practices including illustration and printed embellishment. This heavily illustrated costume book contains a large number of woodcut illustrations throughout the text.

This book is an excellent example of early printing practices. Books of Hours had traditionally been books intended for wealthy individuals and were produced as manuscripts. Although this book is printed, it is still hand painted and embellished to resemble the earlier manuscript tradition.

Consisting of the travel account of Spanish conquistador, Hernán Cortés, this example of early printing highlights the interest in the Americas as well as a unique printed illustration of the city of Tenochtitlan.