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 253
ittle wood-cut several yearsago, stitched on a blank leaf at the beginning of a manuscript book ofdevotion, on vellum, which I judged to be of the latter part of thefifteenth century. But it was evident from the numerous needle-holes in the margin, that it had been, in like manner, sewed into… … IL M ; ■ I A |>i» el lie It . «ru, f WbO.I RtlgPci •• »,K 1 Mil M, ft M. ta chap, ix] WOOD-ENGRAVING IN EUROPE, &c, 199 possessor of it in a small pocket-book. This piece is printed in abrown tint by friction. The Collection of the British Museum possesses another uniquework of early…
Printing · Wood-engraving
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