[Illustration: The Great Book Collectors. by Charles & Mary Elton BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS EDITED BY ALFRED W. POLLARD Book Bindings. by Herbert P. Horne. Book Plates. by W. J. Hardy Early Printed Books E. Gordon Duff MDCCCXCIII The Decoration of Books. by A. W. Pollard. Books in Manuscript. by Falconer Madan. Early Printed Books. by E. Gordon Duff. ] Transcriber’s Notes The illustrated advertisement from the front of the book has been placed at the end of the book. Page 54: in the footnote, ondon has been changed to London. Page 54: Bechtermuncze has been changed to Bechtermuntze which is the predominant usage throughout the book. Page 159: abbrevation has been changed to abbreviation. Hyphenation has been standardised. In this text version, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_. End of Project Gutenberg's Early Printed Books, by E. (Edward) Gordon Duff