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Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899 · London, H. Grevel and co. · leaf 67
ef in the metal. On some of the plates there * Breviariiim ecclesie Herbipolensis: Et. Dokl., 1479, folio, copperplate engravings. 56 THE PRINTED BOOK. is a signature, a Gothic li, the signification of whichleaves a free field for conjecture, and perhaps forerror. Copies of this book with the… … Fig. 17.—Plate from the Hypucrotoinachia Puiipiitlt, printed byAldus Manutius, in 1499. As we shall see later apropos of German vignettesof the same period, the characteristic of Italian engrav-ing was sobriety, the complete absence of useless workand the great simplicity of the human figure.…
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