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 137
ikea W; and I have heard it conjectured that the name might be that of 11-2 PROGKESS OF Julm Wethamstede, abbot of St. Albans, who was a great lover ofbooks, and who died in 1440. This conjecture, however, will not holdgood, for the letter is certainly intended for a I>; and in the cut of… … nearly of the same colour as that of the cuts. The characters appear tobe of an earlier date than those on the reverse of the last leaf. The cut at page 111, is that of the letter Z, which stands the wrongway in consequence of its not having been drawn reversed upon theblock. The subject might at…
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