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 419
ence from the numberand comparative excellence of the wood-cuts contained in the numerousillustrated works wliicli issued from his press. In several of the worksprinted by him every cut is surrounded by an ornamental border; andthis border, not being engraved on the same block as the cut,… … be. The practice of ornamenting cuts in this manner was very prevalentabout the period under consideration, and at the present time somepublishers seem inclined to revive it. I should, however, be sorry tosee it again become prevalent, for though to some subjects, designedin a particular manner, an…
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