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 681
ear to excel in giving to their vignettesa form suitable to the composition. 616 THE PKACTICE OF WOOD ENGEAVING. Perhaps it may not be out of place to say a few words here on theoriginal meaning of the word vignette, which is now generally used tosignify either a wood-cut or a copper-plate… … APiTAL letters in ancient manuscripts were called byf .J^^HC^KS!! ^^^ writers viticulce, or vignettes, in consequence of their being frequently ornamented with flourishes inthe maimer of vine branches or shoots. The letterC, forming the commencement of this paragraph, isan example of an old…
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