tailpiece
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It contains no less than 100 reproductions of Rogers' fastidious artistry �title pages, half titles, tailpieces, imprints, bookplates, pure type decorations.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has the gift of dramatic conception, sees a situation at high pitch, and has a pleasant way of giving side-lights, pictorial asides, by means of decorative head and tailpieces.
From English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books by Sketchley, Rose Esther Dorothea
Confined for the most part to initial letters, headbands, and tailpieces, his work differed from contemporary French cuts only in its technical handling, which was firmer and broader.
From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Kainen, Jacob
The year after Gravelot came to England, in 1733, Pine produced the first volume of his Horace, engraved throughout, and with head- and tailpieces in admirable 296 taste.
From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
The change in the type, the setting it close instead of spaced, and the new initials and tailpieces which may be noted at the beginning of Vol.
From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
