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Section II .— Block Prints. 
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of two impressions of the full text (or recension la). These impressions 
are invariably 10 placed so as to turn the same side towards the upper 
and lower edges of the book. Ifc follows that that side of the impression 
(as shown in Plate V ) must be its top or the beginning of the text; 
and that the feet, or ends, of the two impressions meet in the middle of 
each column and of the page. For it is natural to assume, that 
the reader was intended to commence reading at the top of the 
page, and not in its middle. Of course, on the supposition of a forgery, 
this conclusion would loose much of its force, as an ignorant forger 
might by chance have misplaced the impressions ; but the peculiar 
placement of the imprints is so regular as to render such an hypothesis 
very improbable. Moreover there are other indications, such as the 
texture of the paper (see the General Remarks on paper), which make 
against Book No. I being a forgery. 
No. I. Book. (Plate V.) 
Belongs to M. 6. Acquired from the Rev. Mr. Hogberg. Size, 
12x9". Number of forms, 18; but first form is incomplete, the first 
blank leaf is missing: print accordingly commences on second page 
(properly fourth page). Moreover second and penultimate forms are 
double, consisting each of two folded sheets, one placed within the 
other, and, therefore, having each four leaves or eight pages. Accord¬ 
ingly number of leaves, 39. Paper, variety Ilia ; fairly clean. Riveted 
with three copper pegs. 
Contains recension la, printed in two columns on each page ; each 
column consisting of two impressions, placed foot to foot, the upper 
one being complete (20 lines), the lower, more or less incomplete (a 3 a 
rule 15 or 16 lines) owing to want of space. (See Woodcut No. 11). 
The foot-to-foot arrangement of the text is almost invariable. There 
are only four exceptional pages, on which it stands head to foot. The 
two varieties of arrangement may be represented thus:— 
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on 62 pages. 
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The second variety is obviously due to mere carelessness on the 
part of the printer. The first variety, which occurs 62 times, is clearly 
10 There are only a very few, apparently accidental, exceptions, which are noted 
in the detailed description. 
