Links to Parallel Comparison Images: "1687" Issue vs. "1689" Issue
Title Page 1687 vs. 1689: The title page layouts of both
issues are identical with the exception of the 5 mm. capitals used for
"London: MDCLXVIII" and the 5 mm. capitals used for the 1689 issue's
publication information to allow space to list the five booksellers.
|
|
sig a1v 1687 vs. 1689: The capital "W" in the first line of the poem, "Upon the Picture of Chaucer," is slightly battered on its left serif. | |
sig B1 / page (1) low-set printer's ornaments top right 1687 vs. 1689: The right four bottom type ornaments are set too low for proper ink impression on the page. |