Module 3 A Graphic Renaissance: Sample of paper, watermark & woodcut



Letterpress on handmade laid paper

This is an excellent example three items.
1. LAID paper that the textbook talked about. See the ridges?

2. WATERMARK-see how the paper is thin where the
watermark is? I don't know if this is the printer's trademark.

3. WOODCUT ILLUSTRATION-good clarity & shows the style of the times.

Archimedous, an early Greek mathematician. This is an example of reproducing classic works. Printed in 1544.

Title: Archimedous tou Syrakousiou, Ta mechri nun sozomena, hapanta. = Archimedis Syracvsani philosophi ac geometrae excellentissimi Opera. quae quidem extant, omnia, multis iam seculis desiderata, atq[ue] a quam paucissimis hactenus uisa, nuncq[ue] primum & Graece & Latine in lucem edita. Quorum catalogum uersa pagina reperies. : Adiecta quoq[ue] sunt Evtocii Ascalonitae in eosdem Archimedis libros Commentaria, item Gaece & Latine, nunquam antea excusa

Source: University of Washington, Special Collections