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 236
to etchingand wood engraving, also a revival of the Middle Ages. It is not sufficiently known that wood engraving,after the unfortunate attempts of Papillon in France, WOOD ENGRAVING REVIVED. 225 was restored in England by Thomas Bewick, whofounded a school, of which, at the commencement ofour… … Department of the National Librarythe diploma of the Highland Society, alarge folio wood block, very adroit and very curi-ously cut, after the drawing of the celebrated Benja-min West, and copied from Clennells original blockof the same subject. M. Duchesne, then Keeper ofthe Prints, speaks of this…
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