Old picture books; with other essays on bookish subjects (1902)
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944, Pollard, Alice · London : Methuen and co. · leaf 47
FROM ANGELO POLITIANOS GIOSTRA DI GIULIANO DE MEDICI, S.A. 34 OLD PICTURE BOOKS Medici, the story of Orpheus, by Angelo Politiano, whichforms part of the former, being adorned with no fewer thanten admirable woodcuts, of which the picture here repro-duced, of Orpheus frightened by a fury from… … FROM ENEA SILVIO PICCOLOMINI S STORIA DI DUE AMANTI, S.A. quite one of the finest. The same methods of illustrationwere also used in the novelle, including the Storia didue amanti of Pope Pius ii., from which we take our lastillustration, and other secular chapbooks, which havenothing either…
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