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The book; its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time (1890)

Bouchot, Henri,1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C.(Edward Clements),1838?-1899, Grevel, H, Einsle, Anton,1848-1897 · London, H. Grevel & Co. · leaf 106

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Passavants idea is commonlyreceived, that the engraving was done in relief on metal,because the line in it is very fine, the background stippled,and the borders without scratches. Wood could not haveresisted the force of the impression ; the reliefs would have beencrushed, the borders rubbed and… … Fig. 46.—Mark of Simon Vostrc, printer at Paris, 1501.

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