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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 345

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d on the original medals. Besides Durer, Burgmair, Cranach, and Schaufflein, there are severalother German painters of the same period who are also said to haveen^^raved on wood, and among the most celehrated of this secondary-class the following may be mentioned : Hans Sebald Behaim,… … those cuts were actually engraved by themselves. If they were, I canonly say that, though they might be good painters and designers, theywere very indifferent wood engravers; and that their time in executiugthe subjects ascribed to them must have been very badly employed.The common viorkhig…

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