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What is in the image: a close up image of a black and white engraving from a book on the history of printing. the page contains an initial "i" and text that reads: "nicholas jensonprinter it is a matter of natural wonder that in the four hundred and fifty years which have elapsed since the socalled "invention" of printing no books have been issued to surpass and almost none to equal those made by the early german and italian printers. modern facilities have increased a thousandfold, yet the masterpieces of gutenberg, aldus, and jenson still occupy their proud positions as the representative examples of printing as an art. it is true that the sentimental love of books, such as that felt by lorenzo de medici and the duke of urbino, is now confined to a limited few, and largely to those whose resources do not permit them to gratify their appreciation. it is true that the possession of a library does not today give to its owner the prestige which the" the initial "i" is ornate with an illustration of foliage in a reddish orange color. the engraving is framed with a border of intricate floral imagery in black ink.

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