The label title, being usually printed high up on the page, left two-thirds, or thereabouts, blank beneath it, and this space was soon filled, sometimes by a pictorial woodcut, sometimes by a mark or device, which at first might be either that of the printer or publisher, but gradually came to be much more often the publisher's.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
It should be said, however, that his "historiated" or pictorial capitals are apparently original and mostly good.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
But, as far as pictorial cuts in important books are concerned, we are nearing the end.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard