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 304
and the master ofAlexander the Great. Though Aristotle is said to have been extremelyfond of his wife Pythais, and to have paid her divine honours after herdeath, there is no record, I believe, of her having amused herself withriding on her husbands back. The subject is probably intended… … selves in situations which scarcely an ass might envy. The original issurrounded by a border, and is four inches and five-eighths high by threeinches and five-eighths wide. There are several chiaro-scuros from wood-blocks with Burgmairsmark. One of the earliest is a portrait of Joannes Paungartner,…
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