Initial letter F, from an old book containing an alphabet of similar letters, engraved on wood, formerly belonging to Sir George Beaumont 40 St. Christopher, with the date 1423, from a cut in the possession of Earl Spencer 46 The Annunciation, from a cut probably of the same period, in the possession of Earl Spencer 50 St. Bridget, from an old cut in the possession of Earl Spencer 52 Shields from the Apocalypse, or History of St. John, an old block-book 65 St. John preaching to the infidels, and baptizing Drusiana, from the same book 66 The death of the Two Witnesses, and the miracles of Antichrist, from the same book 67 Group from the History of the Virgin, an old block-book 71 Copy of a page of the same book 72 Figures and a shield of arms, from the same book 75 Shields of arms, from the same book 76-78 Copy of the first page of the Poor Preachers’ Bible, an old block-book 86 Heads from the same book 88 Christ tempted, a fac-simile of one of the compartments in the first page of the same book 89 Adam and Eve eating of the forbidden fruit, from the same book 90 Esau selling his birthright, ditto 91 Heads ditto 92 First cut in the Speculum Salvationis, which has generally, but erroneously, been described as a block-book, as the text in the first edition is printed with types 96 Fall of Lucifer, a fac-simile of one of the compartments of the preceding 97 The Creation of Eve, a fac-simile of the second compartment of the same 98 Paper-mark in the Alphabet of large letters composed of figures, formerly belonging to Sir George Beaumont 107 Letter K, from the same book 109 Letter L, ditto 110 Letter Z, ditto 111 Flowered ornament, ditto 112 Cuts from the Ars Memorandi, an old block-book 115 CHAPTER III. THE INVENTION OF TYPOGRAPHY, 118-163.