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 264
mmonlypractised in manufacturing works of this kind. The prints differ a little in size; being from nine inches and anhalf to ten inches and a quarter in height, by about seven inches anda half in breadth. Each print contains three scriptural subjects dis-posed, side by side, in compartments, and… … The inscriptions, which are written in the Latin language, withrhythmical terminations, commence at the top of each print, in thevacancies on either side the two half-figures in niches, by the textsof the Bible from which the subjects are taken. The prophets andsaints have underneath them their…
Printing · Wood-engraving
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