Chapter VI: Triumphs of Typography 191
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The Beginnings. Germany--The _Gutenberg Bible_
Supremacy of Italy
Nicolas Jenson: Augustinus: _De Civitate Dei_
Aldus Manutius: _Hypnerotomachia Poliphili_
Supremacy of France
Robert Étienne: The _Royal Greeks_
Supremacy of the Netherlands
Christophe Plantin: The _Biblia Polyglotta_
The Elzevirs: _Terence_
Supremacy of England
John Baskerville: _Virgil_
Supremacy of France (second)
The Didots: _Racine_
Supremacy of England (second)
William Morris: The _Kelmscott Chaucer_
Cobden-Sanderson: The _Doves Bible_
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