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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 463

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e on the block by Eubens himself, who appears to have originally 438 VUETHEE PEOGRESS AND DECLINE OF published them on his own account. Erom the mannei in which thegreat painters name is introduced at the bottom of each— P. P. Buh.deliu. &; excud.—it woukl appear that they were both designed… … As proht could not have been Rubenss motive for having thesecuts engraved, it is not unlikely that his object was to compare hisdesigns when executed in this manner with those of the older Germanmasters—Durer, Burgmair, and Cranach. The best, however, differconsiderably in the manner of their…

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