An inquiry concerning the invention of printing : in which the systems of Meerman, Heinecken, Santander, and Koning are reviewed : including also notices of the early use of wood-engraving in Europe, the block-books, etc. (1863)
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, Berjeau, Jean Philibert, 1809-1891 · London : J. Lilly · leaf 119
de as to the style, theschool, or the probable date of any engraving that should chanceto come before him. For this wood-cut, which it is evident he con-sidered a performance of the fifteenth century, happens to be noother than an indifferent copy, with the omission of the landscapeback-ground, of… … chap, vi.] THE SYSTEM OF HEINECKEN. 71 of the original may be seen in A Collection of Fac-similes of Scarceand Curious Prints, published in London in 1826, and the print isalso described in the work of Bartsch, Vol. vn. p. 465, No. 16. Twoimpressions of the copy, the name on which is rather, I…
Printing · Wood-engraving
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