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This is the oldest multi color book in history. The printed images give the feel of watercolor paintings. https://mymodernmet.com/oldest-book-color/

The Legacy of Aldus Manutius and his Press What this site lacks in appearance it more than makes up for in content. A modest, bare bones html interface takes you through the life and times and the work of one of the greatest book designers and printers of all time. Very good textual descriptions as well as lots of plates showing the beautiful book pages created at the Aldine Press.

The page of an exhibition held in England in 1977! Gives lots of information on the era. Some nice images also, but mostly text: http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/printing/index.html The images below are William Gilbert's "De magnete" , printed in London by Petrus Short in 1600 (top), Galen's and "De temperamentis, et de inaequalia intemperie" from 1521 (middle), and James Pilkington's "A godlie exposition …