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 225
, that the publisher was thwartedby bad printing. The printers of Didot or Mame,much as they consecrated all their care to it, did notyet know perfect workmanship ; they put the mostintense blacks into fine sheets. The great publisherstrusted that better days would leave to more clevermen the task… … Fig. 92.—Portrait of Thomas Bewick. rupeds 1790, and his Birds 1797. In these workshe not only depicted his subjects with the most scrupu-lous fidelity, but in the tailpieces of the several chapters FRENCH OFFICIAL PRINTING OFFICES. 215 he drew the most quaint, humorous, and faithfulrepresentations…
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