The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 620
ound with care, resembling in every respectthe finest manuscripts, were generally pre-sented to kings, princes, and great per-sonages, whose patronage or assistance theprinter sought. Nor was any expensespared to add to typography all the orna-ments which wood-engravings could conferupon it; and… … illustrated editions, of which an example wasfound in the first Specula, especially thoseprinted in Germany, were enriched withfigures, portraits, heraldic escutcheons, anda multitude of ornamented margins (Figs.412 to 415). For more than a centurythe painters and engravers worked hand inhand with…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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