A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical (1881)
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864, Jackson, John, 1801-1848, Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 · New York : J. W. Bouton · leaf 121
ty-eight cuts in the Speculum, each of which is dividedinto two compartments by a slender column in the middle. In all theeditions the cuts are placed as head-pieces at the top of each page, havingunderneath them, in two columns, the explanatory text. Under eachcompartment the title of the subject,… … bS mmfbdiQa5vn*<icp(?f^Viroeififaa L The style of engraving in those cuts is similar to those of the PoorPreachers Bible. The former are, however, on the whole executed withgreater delicacy, and contain more work. The shadows and folds of thedrapery in the first forty-eight cuts are indicated by…
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