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 246
ignano, cannot be the same as those in theOvid of 1509 referred to by Mr. Ottley; for though the subjects may benearly the same, the cuts in the latter edition are larger than thosein the former, and have besides an engravers mark which is not to beseen in any of the cuts in the edition of 1497-… … anger IS plucking the feathers from his wings. The cause of herexplained by the figure of Mars behind the net in whicli he and Venushad been inclosed by A^ulcan. Love had been the cause of his mothersmisfortune. 222 WOOD ENGKAVING In the following cut Cupid is represented as brought by Mercury…
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