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 455
Geneva, and Zurich, and to this taste weowe the small alphabet of the Dance of Death. Subsequently theItalian wood engravers, employed by the printers, carried this style ofornament a step further by introducing landscapes as well as figuresto form a back-groirnd to the letter. The following… … The borders which appear in the title-pages of Italian books of thisperiod, and more especially in those printed at Venice, frequentlydisplay considerable excellence both in design and execution. Theyare generally much lighter and more varied in design than the bordersin German books ; and…
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