Italian book illustrations, chiefly of the fifteenth century (1894)
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944, Fletcher, William Younger, 1830-1913. Bookbinding in France, Cust, Lionel, 1859-1929. Engravings of Albrecht Dürer, Heritage Book Shop (Los Angeles, Calif.), former owner CLUW · London : Seeley ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 68
o as firmU as he could wish. This second hook isillustratetl with only seventeen cuts, but as these arc not interruptedby any wearisome architectural designs, their cunuilative effect is farmore impressive than those of the first, though many of thepictures in this—notably thcjse of iolifilo in the… … /r«»7//* Hypnerotomachia, 1499. ITALIAN BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS 53 Our reproductions show the incident of Polifilos encounter withthe dragon, from Book I.; the lovers embracing, from Book II.; andthe well-known full-page picture of the worship of the Garden-God,in reproducing which the precedent has…
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