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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 244
may be said to have repaid the debt which we owed toFrance for her illustrated books of the eighteenth century bystimulating the art of wood engraving, which was practised byTony Johannot and the other illustrators of the nineteenthcentury. Thomas Bewick. 225 To return to the eighteenth century,… … Fig. IJ -Portrait of Thomas Bewick. the budget of that year, it cost the King 90,000 livres, ofwhich the director had 1,400. There were, on the other hand, a certain number of officialprinting offices, that of war, for e.xample, which was devotedentirely to the work of the Ministry. It was situated…
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