Introduction (separate file)
List of Illustrations (separate
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Chapter I (separate file)
Chapter II (separate
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Chapter III (separate
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Chapter IV (separate file)
Chapter V (separate file)
Chapter VI
Chapter VII (separate file)
Chapter VIII (separate file)
Chapter IX (separate file)
Index (separate file)
ON
WOOD ENGRAVING.
CHAPTER VI.
FURTHER PROGRESS AND DECLINE OF WOOD
ENGRAVING.
The dance of death—painted in several old churches—two paintings of this subject at basle—old editions of la danse macabre, with wood-cuts—les simulachres et historiées faces de la mort, usually called the dance of death, printed at lyons, 1538—various editions and copies of this work—icones historiarum veteris testamenti, or bible cuts, designed by hans holbein—similarity between these cuts and those of the lyons dance of death—cuts of both works, probably designed by the same person—portrait of sir t. wyatt—cuts in cranmer’s catechism—and in other old english works—wood-engraving in italy—chiaro-scuro—marcolini’s sorti—s. munster’s cosmography—maps—virgil solis—bernard solomon—jost ammon—andrea andreani—henry goltzius—english wood-cuts—cuts by christopher jegher from the designs of rubens—general decline of the art in the seventeenth century.