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Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899, Grevel, H, Einsle, Anton, 1848-1897 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 202
n of Louis XIV. saw the zenith of engraving withthe burin, but not that of printing or illustration. Doubtless itwould be puerile to pretend that typography had not made anymaterial progress ; it had done so in engraving and in settingup the type ; work was done more quickly, because the presseshad… … Fig. 109.—Frontispiece of the Dictionnaire de VAcadémie^ 1st edition, 1694. whole, which to modern precision is as different as a picture 184 The Book. by Van Eyck from a chromo-lithograph. Under Louis XIV.,titles became regular, following, as we have said in thebeginning, and modelling themselves…
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