A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . The two preceding subjects are impressed on the second leaf, in theorder in which they are here represented, forming Nos. 3 and 4 in enumeration. They are reduced copies from the originals in thefirst edition, and afford a correct idea of a complete page.* On the scroll to the left, in the upper subject, the words are intendedfor— Trahe me, post te curremus in odore unguentorum tuorumy Theyare to be found in the 4th and 3rd verses of the 1st chapter of the Songof Solomon. In our Bible the phrases are translated as follows :

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A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . The two preceding subjects are impressed on the second leaf, in theorder in which they are here represented, forming Nos. 3 and 4 in enumeration. They are reduced copies from the originals in thefirst edition, and afford a correct idea of a complete page.* On the scroll to the left, in the upper subject, the words are intendedfor— Trahe me, post te curremus in odore unguentorum tuorumy Theyare to be found in the 4th and 3rd verses of the 1st chapter of the Songof Solomon. In our Bible the phrases are translated as follows : Drawme, we will run after thee, . . [in] the savour of thy good ointments. * The copy from which the preceding specimens are given was formerly the property ofthe Rev. C. M. Cracherode, by whom it was left, with the rest of his valuable collection ofbooks, to the British Museum. WOOD ENGEAVING. 73 In the scroll to the right, the inscription is from the 14th verse of theII nd chapter : Sonet vox tua in aurihus meis, vox enim tua dulcis et fadestua dec

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