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 268
works engraved on woodappeared at Nuremberg. It is generally entitled the History of theVirgin, and consists of nine-teen large cuts, each abouteleven inches and threequarters high, by eight inchesand a quarter wide, with a\ignette of smaller size whichornaments the title-page, tImpressions are to… … * The kind of engraving meant was copper-plate engi-aving. Durei-s words are : Ichhah awch dy Moler all gesthrilt dy do sagten, Im Stechen wer ich gut, aher im molen westich nit init farhen uni zu gen. The word Stechen applies to engraving on copper ; Schneiden to engraving on wood.—Von Muit,…
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