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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 337

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to the manner ofengraving, it bears considerable resemblance. The costume of thefigures, too, also proves that it does not belong to the fifteenth century; 812 WOOD ENGRAVING and on carefully examining the inscription, a person accustomed totlie old German or Dutch characters would be more likely… … print above described. There seems to be an inconsiderable mistakein the name, which I take to be DViUery. It is to be observed thatin the original, as in the preceding copy, the inscription is engravedon wood, and not set up in type; and that consequently the firstcharacter of the doubtful name is…

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