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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 25
te, cut in Flanders (1440), representing Jesus after the flagellation. century, and it was employed principally for popular works, thetaste for which was then universal. The engraving was pro-bably a kind of imposition, being palmed off as a manuscript ; thevignettes were often covered with… … eprjacolyiiiaiot. Fig. 4.—Xylographie Plate, representing St. John. Ci\. 1440. Witha text of the commandments of the Church. cards, were but indiffe.e.it. The drawing and the cutting wereequally unskilful, as we may convince ourselves from the fac-similes given by M. H. Delaborde in his Histoire de…
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