Early Woodcut Initials: Containing Over Thirteen Hundred Reproductions of Ornamental Letters of the Fiftheenth and Sixteenth Centuries, Select

ISBN-13: 9781138318168 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 288 str.

Oscar Jennings

Opis

First published in 1908, Jennings collates an extensive compendium of Thirteen hundred reproductions of ornamental letters dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Jennings in this book also provides a history into woodcutting, detailing empirical places that marked important moments in the crafts history.

Spis treści

1. Block-Books - The Invention of Printing: The Psalter of Mayence.  2. Augsburg.  3. Ulm and Nuremberg.  4 Basle and Zurich.  5. Lubeck and Bamberg.  6. Strasburg and Reutlingen.  7. Cologne and Geneva.  8. Venice.    9. Other Italian Towns.  10. Lyons.  11. Paris.  12. French Provincial Towns.

O autorze

Oscar Jennings M.D