The history of engraving from its inception to the time of Thomas Bewick (1908)
Austin, Stanley · New York : Scribner ; London : Laurie · leaf 63
nceps, belonging to the CorserLibrary, realised £415 in 1868. The beautiful pages from the Ars Moriendi,which, by kind permission of the Director ofthe British Museum, I have reproduced fromthe original copy, tell their own tale. Inthe first, the gaze of the dead man has beenfixed to the last upon… … ■ T,l ife BLOCK BOOKS tion. The reverse is shown in the com-panion picture, where a veritable devilsdance of death is taking place around thecouch whereon lies the mortal remainsof a lost soul. Another important block book, believed tohave been published in 1470, or the yearbefore Albrecht Durer…
Engraving and Engravings
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