block-book

There was a facsimile of the Ars Moriendi, a kind of how-to guide for those hoping to avoid damnation after death, first published in translation by the Englishman Caxton in 1491, consisting of eleven block-book woodcuts depicting the deathbed temptation of a dying man.

The Black Angel John Connolly 2005

She vowed that by crossing the stepping-stones close by she could, by a short cut, reach the house, and return with my pencils and block-book in a quarter of an hour.

Uncle Silas 2003

I exclaimed suddenly, as looking up from by block-book I saw the figure of a slight man in the careless morning-dress of a gentleman, crossing the ruinous bridge in my direction, with considerable caution, upon the precarious footing of the battlement, which alone offered an unbroken passage.

Uncle Silas 2003

[Illustration] while in another block-book which possibly goes back to c. 1430 [570] the numerals appear in several illustrations, with forms as follows:

The Hindu-Arabic Numerals David Eugene Smith 1902

[183] From a Tibetan block-book in the library of D.E. Smith.

The Hindu-Arabic Numerals David Eugene Smith 1902

She knew that hat and block-book well, and turning to Mrs. Goodman said, 'After all, I don't want the breakfast they are having: let us order one of our own as usual.

A Laodicean : a Story of To-day Thomas Hardy 1884

The _Biblia Pauperum_ block-book sold for a thousand and fifty pounds; the vellum copy of the

English Book Collectors William Younger Fletcher 1871

The collection also contained a block-book, _The Apocalypse_, which brought two hundred and eighty-five pounds; four Caxtons, the most important of which -- a perfect copy of the second edition of the _Mirrour of the World_ -- sold for four hundred and fifty-five pounds; and many books from the presses of Machlinia, Pynson, Wynkyn de Worde, Notary, and other early English printers.

English Book Collectors William Younger Fletcher 1871

Amongst them was a block-book, _The Apocalypse_, which sold for ninety-four pounds;

English Book Collectors William Younger Fletcher 1871

Among the Bibles and portions of the Scriptures were a block-book, a copy of the _Biblia Pauperum_, regarded by

English Book Collectors William Younger Fletcher 1871