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 72
fty-two folios of two columns. Without beingperfection, the designs of Wohlgemuth, very German,very striking, present the vigour and merit of thefuture school of Nuremberg. The figure is no longera simple line, in the manner of the block books, buta combination of interlaced cuttings, intended to… … Fig. 20.—The daughter of Jephthah, plate taken from the Schafsbe-halter, engraved after Michael Wolgemuth. 62 THE PRINTED BOOK. and gaiety laid aside, on the other hand a freedomand boldness that interest and permit us to appreciateat their value the Nuremberg artists and Koburger,the printer. In…
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