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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 396

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zekiel XLiii; Jonah i, ii, and III; and Habakkuk. The Bible cutswere also printed with explanations in English. The title of a copy nowbefore me is as follows: The Images of the Old Testament, latelyexpressed, set forthe in Ynglishe and Frenche vuith a playn and briefexposition. Printed at Lyons by… … Among the many instances of resemblance which are to be perceivedon comparing the Dance of Death with the Bible cuts, the following maybe enumerated as the most remarkable. The peculiar manner in whichfire with smoke, and the waves of the sea, are represented in the Danceof Death can scarcely fail…

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