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 68
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.… … FiiT. 18.—Plate from Bonino de Boninis Dante, at Brescia, in 1487. printed in 1499 by Aldus, copied sixty years later bya French printer, and lately reproduced in reducedsize. 58 THE PRINTED BOOK. The Italian illustrators, whether they were workingin wood, or, as some writers have it, in metal,…
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