Researches into the history of playing cards; with illustrations of the origin of printing and engraving on wood (1816)
Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858 · leaf 222
179 and more brushes of the same form with that he is using, lie on the chest by his side," … We will here transcribe Breitkopf’s account of the process used by the Briefmahlers. “Their method (says he) of enlivening their wood cuts with colours, and thus imitating the original painting or drawing, was extremely simple. It was not done singly, figure by figure, and stroke by stroke, with…
History · Playing cards · Card games · Wood-engraving
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