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 206
- him—at Jomberts, Didots, orDavid and Durands—for that room in which compositorsare working and printed sheets drying was not aninvention of Cochin, and served to reproduce a printingoffice of the eighteenth century. … Fig. 83.—Vignette taken from P. Corneilles Tludtre, by Gravelot. 196 THE PRINTED BOOK. With Cochin soon worked a number of designers andaqua-fortists, too prudent to lose the opportunity. Thefashion arrived for books beribboned, festooned, andflowered. Hubert Francois Gravelot had carried toLondon…
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