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 237
ophon it is stated that theviews of cities, and figures of eminent characters, were executed underthe superintendence of Michael Wolgemuth and William Pleydenwurft,mathematical men* and skilled in the art of painting. The totalnumber of impressions contained in the work exceeds two thousand,… … The above head, which the owner appears to be scratching with somuch earnestness, first occurs as that of Paris the lover of Helen ; andit is afterwards repeated as that of Tliales, Anastasius, Odofredus, andthe poet Dante. In a like manner the economical printer has a stock-head for kings and…
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