The invention of printing : a collection of facts and opinions descriptive of early prints and playing cards, the block-books of the fifteenth century, the legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the work of John Gutenberg and his associates (1878)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : F. Hart · leaf 79
ed by realmerits of engraving.There is a notice-able thickening andtapering of lines inproper places, a boldand a free markingof the folds of drap-ery, and a generalneatness and clever-ness of cutting thatindicate the handof a practised andjudicious engraver.This engraving ofSt. Christopher… … IMAGE PRINTS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. 70 engraving on wood, that is now known as the Annunciation.It is of about the same size as the print of St. Christopher.It is printed on the same kind of paper, with the same dullblack ink. There is some warrant for the general belief thatboth engravings were…
Printing -- History Origin and antecedents
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