The printed book, its history, illustration, and adornment, from the days of Gutenberg to the present time (1887)
Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899 · London, H. Grevel and co. · leaf 12
-ful reflection of the times when itwas written and ilkistrated. Natu-ral and genuine from the first, andsimply embellished with crude illus-trations, it assumed in the sixteenth century the grandairs of the Renaissance, gay or serious according tocircumstances, decked in what were then called… … 2 THE PRINTED BOOK. ing its mysticism or its satire at the whim of passingpolitics and religious wranglings. Then, under theinfluence of the painters and courtiers of the GrandMonarque, it becomes completely transformed, donningthe peruke, so to speak, indulging in allegory andconventionalities,…
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