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 427
than those of the Quadrins,and are, on the whole, rather better engraved. The total number isa hundred and four, and under each are six explanatory verses,composed by Charles Fonteine, who, in a short poetical address atthe commencement, dedicates the work A Tres-illustre et TreshautePrincesse,… … Old engravings and paintings illustrative of manners or of costumeare generally interesting ; and on this account a set of large wood-cutsdesigned by Peter Coeck of Alost, in Flanders, is deserving of notice.The subjects of those cuts are the manners and costumes of the Turks;and the drawings were…
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