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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 412

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No. 2. earlier cuts of his designing. The two preceding may be considered asspecimens of the best designed cuts in the Old Testament; and thefollowing, the return of the Two Spies, is given as one of the moreordinary. … No. 3. The three next cuts are from the New Testament. The first formsthe head-piece to the Gospel of St. Matthew; the second, which occurson the title-page, and displays great power of drawing in the figure, isJohn the Baptist; and the third represents St. Paul writing, with hissword before him,…

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