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Old Picture Books, With Other Essays on Bookish Subjects

Note 12 — ENGLISH BOOKS PRINTED ABROAD[11]

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An important extension to the subject, but one which I have not the knowledge to deal with, would treat of the Service-books prepared especially for the English market in Flanders and the north of France during the two centuries preceding the invention of printing. These are often claimed as of English origin, owing to their having English saints in their calendars, but their real provenance is indisputable.

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