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HENRY VIII. IN COUNCIL (From Holinshed's 'Chronicles of England,' 1577) Page 100

A BRIEF HISTORY

OF

WOOD-ENGRAVING

FROM ITS INVENTION

BY

JOSEPH CUNDALL

AUTHOR OF 'HOLBEIN AND HIS WORKS' ETC.

LONDON SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, & COMPANY LIMITED St. Dunstan's House FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E.C. 1895

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

PAGE

On Pictures of Saints—The print of The Virgin with the Holy Child in her Lap in the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique—On the print of St. Christopher in the Spencer Library at Manchester—The Annunciation and the St. Bridget of Sweden 1

CHAPTER II

On the Block Books of the Fifteenth Century—Biblia Pauperum; Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis, &c. 11

CHAPTER III

The Block Books of the Fifteenth Century—Ars Moriendi—Temptacio Diaboli—Canticum Canticorum, and others 20

CHAPTER IV

Block Book—Speculum Humanae Salvationis—Casus Luciferi—The Mentz Psalter of 1459—Book of Fables—The Cologne Bible—Nürnberg Chronicle—Breydenbach's Travels 28

CHAPTER V

On Wood-Engraving in Italy in the Fifteenth Century—The Venice Kalendario of 1476—The Triumph of Petrarch—The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili—Aldo Manuzio—Portrait of Aldus 40

CHAPTER VI

On Wood-Engraving in France in the Fifteenth Century—Engraving on Metal Blocks—'Books of Hours'—Famous French Publishers: Pierre Le Rouge, Simon Vostre, Antoine Verard, Thielman Kerver, Guyot Marchant, Philippe Pigouchet, Jean Dupré, and others 51

CHAPTER VII

Wood-Engraving in England in the Fifteenth Century—William Caxton, Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye—Dictes and Sayings of Philosophers—Game and Playe of the Chesse, &c.—Wynkyn de Worde—Richard Pynson 61

CHAPTER VIII

Wood-Engraving in Germany in the Sixteenth Century—Albrecht Dürer—Coronation of the Virgin—The Apocalypse—The Little Passion—His Engravings on Copper—The Triumphs of Maximilian—The Triumphal Arch—The Triumphal Car—The Triumphal Procession 69

CHAPTER IX

Hans Holbein—Dance of Death—Bible Cuts—Hans Lützelburger—Dance of Death Alphabet—The Little Masters—Altdorfer—Beham—Brosamer—Aldegrever—Cranach 81

CHAPTER X

Wood-Engraving in Italy and France in the Sixteenth Century—Giuseppe Porta of Venice—Geoffroy Tory and Robert Estienne of Paris—Borluyt's Figures from the New Testament—Christophe Plantin of Antwerp 89

CHAPTER XI

Wood-Engraving in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries in Italy and England—Printing in Chiaro-oscuro in Venice—Printing in Colour in Germany—Habiti Antichi e Moderni by Vecellio—Wood-Engraving in England—Foxe's Acts and Monuments—Holinshed's Chronicles—A Booke of Christian Prayers—Dr. Cuningham's Cosmographical Glasse—Æsop's Fables—The French engraver Papillon 99

CHAPTER XII

Thomas Bewick and his Pupils—Select Fables—History of Quadrupeds—History of British Birds—Æsop's Fables—Prices at which these books were published—Death of Bewick 108

CHAPTER XIII

Bewick's Successors—John Bewick (his Brother)—Looking-glass for the Mind—Goldsmith's Poems—Somerville's Chase—Robert Johnson—Charlton Nesbit—Robert Elliot R. Bewick—History of Fishes—Luke Clennell—William Harvey—George Bonner—W. H. Powis—John Jackson—Ebenezer Landells—Robert Branston—F. W. Branston—John Thompson—J. Orrin Smith—John and Mary Byfield—Samuel Williams—W. T. Green—O. Jewitt—C. Gray—S. Slader—J. Greenaway—W. J. Palmer—German Engravers—Modern English Engravers 116

Index 129

THE WOOD-ENGRAVER By Jost Amman (1568)

A BRIEF HISTORY

OF

WOOD-ENGRAVING

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