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00301. R450. Title Page of Liber Primus. c.1700. Woodblock print. Capital letter and vignette illustration. 189 x 302mm. Double Sided.There are slight tears on the top right and left edges. Staines. Creases, wear and ageing.
A vignette, in graphic design, is a French loanword meaning a unique form for a frame to an image, either illustration or photograph. Rather than the image's edges being rectilinear, it is overlaid with decorative artwork featuring a unique outline.
Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.