Excerpt from A New Light on the Renaissance: Displayed in Contemporary Emblems The early history of Printing has engaged an enormous amount of attention, and rightly so, for Printing was the handmaid to the New Learning, and the means by which the Reformation was accomplished. The epic of Paper making remains, however, yet to be written, and my investigations have been sufficient to show that when finished it will be a chronicle of deep and enduring interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.