Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · New York : Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge [Mass.] : Riverside Press · leaf 316
e 1454, at least accord-ing to the dictum of a very competent author — Fir-min Didot ( Essai sur lHistoire de la Gravure surBois ), and his opinion is strengthened by the factthat these works, properly speaking, are xylographicbooks. We understand by this word, in its restrictedsense, books in… … FROM TUP. LIFE OF THE VIRGIN. ALRERT DURER. WOOD ENGRA VING. 291 When Albert Dlirer appears, wood engravingsuddenly rises to perfection without going beyondits primitive condition of simplicity. Traced withbreadth and decision, the drawings of Dlirer teachus the concise, vigorous manner demanded by…
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