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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 99
cess was immense, 8o THE BOOK. from the strange tricks of its clowns, with fools caps, withwhich every page was adorned. Alas ! the best things fellunder the satire of these jesters, even the Book and the Booklover, if we may judge by the sarcasms which the personagehere reproduced volleys against… … Fig. 42.—The Bibliomaniac. Engraving from the Ship of Fools. art than is really to be found in them. Their value is owingmore to their spirit and humour than to any other artisticmerit. Even the engraving is singularly fitted to the subject,with its saving cutting, and its close, hair-like texture.…
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