A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . isknowledge of the forms of foreign animals from wood-cuts ; and themathematician avails himself of wood engraving to execute his has been employed, in the rej)resentation of religious subjects, as anaid to devotion; to celebrate the triumphs of kings and warriors; toillustrate the pages of the historian, the traveller, and the poet; and byits means copies of the works of the greatest artists of former times,have been afforded at a price which enabled the veiy poorest classesto become purchasers. As at least one hundred tho
A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . isknowledge of the forms of foreign animals from wood-cuts ; and themathematician avails himself of wood engraving to execute his has been employed, in the rej)resentation of religious subjects, as anaid to devotion; to celebrate the triumphs of kings and warriors; toillustrate the pages of the historian, the traveller, and the poet; and byits means copies of the works of the greatest artists of former times,have been afforded at a price which enabled the veiy poorest classesto become purchasers. As at least one hundred thousand good impres- 6b2 THE PKACTICE OF WOOD ENGEAVINU. sions can be obtained from a wood-cut, if properly engraved and carefullyprinted ; and as the additional cost of printing wood-cuts with letter-press is inconsiderable when compared v/ith the cost of printing steel orcopper plates separately, the art will never want encouragement, noragain sink into neglect, so long as there are artists of talent to furnishdesigns, and good engravers to execute VV-^ .MP^ INDEX. Absolon, John, artist, 576*. Accursius, Mariangelus, note written by, iua Donatus, 123. Advertisements, wood-cuts prefixed to, 446 n. Allegory of Death, a tract printed at Bam-berg, 1462, 171. Almanach de Paris, with wood-cuts, by Pa-pillon, 459. Almanacks, sheet, 1470, 1500, 225. Alphabet of figures, engraved on wood, inthe British Museum, 106 ; cuts from, 109,110, 111, 112 ; with figures, of a Dance ofDeath, preserved in the public library atBasle, 352. Altdorfifer, A. 320. Amman, Jost, cuts designed by, in a book oftrades and professions, 408, 409 ; othercuts designed by him, 411. Amonoph, a name on an Egyptian brick-stamp, 6 n. Andreani, Andrea, chiaro-scuros engravedby, 432. Andrews, G. H. painter, 598*. Anelay, H. artist, 575*. Angus, George, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, prin-ter, wood-cuts used by, in cheap works,180, 228. Annunciation, old cut of the, 50. Ausdell, Richard, painter, 598*. Ansgarias, St., suppo
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