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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 154

An illustration from The printed book, its history, illustration, and adornment, from the days of Gutenberg to the present time, 1887, leaf 154 — in favour of Rubens,who designed many of these titles. The heavy andsquat architecture of the time was least of all appropriateto these decorations, which wanted grace. It passedfrom Piantin into France through the engravers ; it wentto Rome with Martin de Vos and John Sadeler ; it im-posed itself… … Fig. 65.—Frontispiece of a book from Plantins printing office.Metal engraving. 144 THE PRINTED BOOK. ing its own until then, gave way little by little beforethis invasion. When Henri IV. mounted the thronewood engraving had finished its upward movement, itstill remained in the canards, or popular…

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