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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 493

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cimens of typographyare printed from the same kind of types ; and in the fulness of hisknowledge he also declares that the text of the Theurdank is printed notfrom types, but from engraved wood-blocks. Like Papillon, he seems tohave possessed a marvellous sagacity in ferreting out old wood… … rimprimerie primitive en taille en Bois, 1759. 3. Remarques sur un Ouvrage intitule,Lettre sur IOrigine de Ilmprimerie, &c. 1761. Tliis last was an answer to a letter writtenby M. Bar, almoner of the Swedish chapel in Paris, in wliich the two former tracts ofFournier were severely…

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