Euclid
Most of the books in this exhibit display the letterform called Roman, based on a style of handwriting prominent in 15th-century Italy. But other European countries developed styles of a heavier, more angular sort, also based on handwriting. The general term for this is blackletter. The Euclid, which is the first printing of this classic text, is in a form of blackletter associated with Germanic countries, even though the printing location is Venice...