Lettering in ornament; an enquiry into the decorative use of lettering, past, present, and possible (1902)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 215
!55- WOODCUT INITIALS. does not pretend to give the effect of incision. Itis odd that many an old engraver should havehesitated between two such opposite opinions,and, in the same series of letters, have rathervulgarised some (153) by shading them andtreated others (152) quite tastefully.
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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