Chapin, Willis O · New York: Harper & Bros. · leaf 301
r and Deserted Village and ParnellsHermit; and in 1797 appeared the first volume of British Birds,which was followed in 1804 by the British Water-Birds, and in1818 by a new series of Fables. The above contain Bewicksbest work, although with the assistance of his pupils he engraveda vast quantity of… … THE WOODCOCK — From Bewicks Birds The wood-engraver of the time of Dlirer and Holbein cutaway from the surface of his block everything except the linesof his design; these he left untouched, standing in relief. Theimpressions from his block were therefore fac-similes of his EARLY WOOD-ENGRAVING 215…
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