Ars Moriendi

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Excerpt from Ars Moriendi: That Is to Saye the Craft for to Deye, for the Helthe of Mannes Sowle, Photolithograph of the Unique and Perfect Copy, Printed About 1491The treatise consists Single 'gathering' of 8 leaves, the first four of which are Signed Qlj Qtj Q'fiij and Qlttij. The 'chain-lines' in the paper run across, and the paper-maker's device goes through the middle of the backs. And these are Signs of a book printed in quarto, that is, on sheets twice folded and so forming 4 leaves Consequently the treatise must have been struck off on two quarto sheets 'gathered' one Within another. And accordingly it has two distinct paper-maker's devices, one passmg through the back of gitj and vi, and the other in the back of C401) (and doubtless reaching over into C41) as well, only that the book has been re-bound too tightly for it to be Visible).About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.