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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 275

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another, a hideous compound of things tliat swim, and walk, andflv, sounds a note of alarm to arouse his kindred fiends. On a stone, 250 WOOD ENGRAVING above the entrance to the pit, is the date 1510 ; and Durers mark isperceived on another stone immediately before the figure of Christ-This cut,… … The preceding specimens of wood-cuts from Durers three great works,the Apocalypse, the History of the Virgin, and Christs Passion, affordnot only an idea of the style of his drawing on wood, but also of theprogress made by the art of wood engraving from the time of his firstavailing himself of its…

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