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 364
erly Mr. Ottleys, but now in the Print Eoom of WOOD ENGEAVING. 339 the British Museum, it is intitled Adam Eva im Paradyss —Adam andEve in Paradise. The serpent, as in many other old engravings, as wellas in paintings, is represented with a human face. In order to conveyan idea of the original… … ADAM fut par E V E deceuEt centre D I E V mangea la pommDont tons deux ont la Mort receu,Et depuis fut mortel tout homme. In the two first cuts, which represent the Creation of Eve, and Adamtaking the forbidden fruit, the figure of Death is not seen. In the third,Adam and Eve driven out of…
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