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Section II.—Block Prints. 
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No. III. Book. 
Belongs to M. 6. Purchased from Badruddin. Size, 22§ x 13". 
Number of forms, 19 ; all (with the exception of forms 7 and 8) cut 
through at the back, into separate leaves. Very well preserved; only 
very few and very slight burns and stains. Paper, variety III6. Riveted 
with four copper pegs. 
Text printed in three columns on each page ; each column consisting 
of eight impressions of the formula, which, accordingly, is repeated 
24 times on every page, or 1,680 times in the whole book ( i.e ., 24x70 
printed pages). The columns run parallel with the longer side of the 
book, and stand regularly upright and reversed on alternate pages; 
exactly as in No. II; that is to say, whichever way the book is placed, 
the right-hand pages must be read. There are only four exceptional 
pages, due to blundering of the printer; viz., pp. 2 and 3 of form 6; 
p. 4 of form 9, and p. 1 of form 19. 
No. IV. Book. 
Belongs to M. 7. Pound at Aq Tala Tuz. Size, 10§ x7f // . Number 
of forms, 30. Bound with three twists of paper. Paper, variety IIIZ>. 
Extensively marked with water and fat stains ; no burns. Print rather 
difficult to read, owing to the stains and defective inking. Final blank 
leaf lost. 
Text printed, as a rule, in three columns on each page; each 
column consisting of two impressions of the formula, which, accordingly 
is printed six times on every page. The columns run parallel to the 
narrower side of the book, but do not stand upright and reversed on 
alternate pages, but keep the same direction on every page, that is, 
on the left-hand pages the head of the columns is turned outside, and 
on the right-hand pages, inside, as shown in the diagram 
on the margin. Hence in reading the book, it does 
not require turning round. There are a few exceptional 
pages, on which the imprints take reversed positions, 
but these are clearly blunders of the printer or binder. 
There are, however, seven pages, on which the arrange¬ 
ment is altogether different; viz., p. 4 of form 1 ; and pp. 1 
and 4 of forms 6, 10, 38. On these pages the text is 
printed in two columns, running parallel to the longer 
side of the book, and each column contains four impressions of the for¬ 
mula, which, accordingly, is repeated eight times on each of these pages. 
No. Y. Book. 
Belongs to M. 3. Purchased from Badruddin. Size, 31x6J". 
Number of forms, 45. Riveted with three copper pegs. Paper, variety 
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