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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 205
ttes and decorationsfull of suppleness. It may be believed, besides, that he didnot remain behind his confrères in figure composition orallegorical and Divine emblems. His art did not go far enoughto throw off the errors of the existing school ; he was contentnot to copy any one and to make his… … Fig. III.—Tailpiece of Sébastien Leclerc for the Pronicnailc lie St. Gcriimin. Such were, for example, the vignettes of the Histoire deTurenne, where the heads of the chapters, the ornamentedletters, and the tailpieces, harmoniously blend with each other, andmake the book, although a little heavy…
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