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The history of engraving from its inception to the time of Thomas Bewick (1908)

Austin, Stanley · New York : Scribner ; London : Laurie · leaf 51

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Haldes claim forthe Chinese, that would in no way solvethe difficulty of deciding how, when andwhere block printing, if I may use thatterm, was introduced into Europe. Thestatement by Weigel, of Leipzig, in hisHistory of Block Printing before AlbrechtDiirer, that block printing, on silk, wasdone in… … FROM THE ARS MEMORANDI. BLOCK BOOKS that, what writing is to those who read,that a picture is to those who have onlyeyes ; because, however ignorant they are,they see their duty in a picture, and then,although they have not learned their letters,they read ; wherefore, for the peopleespecially,…

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