♻️ Waste not, want not!
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Printers colophon. Printed by Joannis Westfalensis.
Incipit.
Bearded man drawn in pen inside large initial.
Picked a book off the shelf at random this morning and it was this pristine 1488 edition of Augustine's City of God. So dreamy! (Hereford Cathedral H.2.9) #EarlyPrintedBooks #Incunabula #MedievalBindings #LoveMyJob
