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Bouchot, Henri,1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C.(Edward Clements),1838?-1899, Grevel, H, Einsle, Anton,1848-1897 · London, H. Grevel & Co. · leaf 225
Fis. 119-—Eorder designed by Choffard in 1758. of idle young seigneurs whose strolls in the galleries were protracted. Eisen has a simplicity, a good taste, and a special and 206 The Book. singularly perfect dash for artistic effect in combination withtypography. It is a pity that this designer had… … Fig. 120.—Frontispiece by Eisen for the Voyage by lAbbe de la Porte, 1751. The union of these two forces, the vignette and the composition,is so close that we are tempted to believe that one was madefor the other, neither venturing to assert itself. In the prettyand elaborate inventions of the…
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