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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 404

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Thomge Viati equitis incomparabilis. Joanne Lelando anti-quario autore. The verses, which are printed underneath the cut,seem decisive of the drawing having been made by Holbein. Thereis a drawing of Sir Thomas Wyatt by Holbein, in the Eoyal Collection,which is engraved in Chamberlains work,… … In effigiem Thomse Viati.Holbenus nitida pingendi maximus arteEffigiem expressit graphice : sed nullus ApellesExprimet ingenium felix animumque Viati. It has been supposed that the original cut, of which the precedingis a fac-simile, was engraved by Holbein himself: if this were true, andthe cut…

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