Chapter II: Introduction: , 1

CHAP.

I. BLOCK-BOOKS: THE INVENTION OF PRINTING: THE PSALTER OF
MAYENCE, 6

II. AUGSBURG, 14

III. ULM AND NUREMBERG, 22

IV. BASLE AND ZURICH, 29

V. LÜBECK AND BAMBERG, 39

VI. STRASBURG AND REUTLINGEN, 43

VII. COLOGNE AND GENEVA, 51

VIII. VENICE, 55

IX. OTHER ITALIAN TOWNS, 64

X. LYONS, 73

XI. PARIS, 82

XII. FRENCH PROVINCIAL TOWNS, 90

XIII. SPANISH TOWNS, 96

XIV. EARLY DUTCH INITIALS, 101

XV. LATER GERMAN INITIALS: HAGENAU, MAGDEBURG, METZ, OPPENHEIM,
INGOLDSTADT, ETC. ETC., 103

XVI. ENGLISH INITIALS, 108a

REPRODUCTIONS OF INITIALS, 111

INDEX, 281