Chapin, Willis O · New York: Harper & Bros. · leaf 31
troduced into England by William Caxton,who is said to have acquired a knowledge of the art while trav-elling as a merchant in the Low Countries. Upon his return toLondon, in 1475 or 1476, he set up a printing establishment inWestminster. The first book printed in the English language THE MASTERS… … ST. BERNARDINO OF SIENA (i454)Earlv Dotted Manner 1483, and other works rudely illustrated in the same manner.Although wood-engraving was probably practised in Englandsoon after the introduction of printing, many of the wood-cuts EARLY PRINTERS — ENGRAVING ON METAL PLATES in the books published by…
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