Ottley, William Young: An inquiry into the origin and early history of engraving: upon copper and in wood ; with an account of engravers and their works, from the invention of chalcography by Maso Finiguerra to the time of Marc Antonio Raimondi (Band 1) (London, 1816) [Cicognara, 266A]

chap, hi.] SPECULUM HUMANAE SALVATIONIS. 207

Impression

14. Right hand corner at bottom: the foot of the servant of
Abraham is perfect in the Dutch copy, but fractured in
the Latin, and a piece of the horizontal line underneath
it, which is found in the Dutch copy, is wanting in the
Latin:

17. Left-hand compartment.—The left spandle of the arch,
which is fractured in the Dutch copy, shews marks of still
greater injury in the Latin;—part of one of the curved
lines having been forced out of its place in the block,
previous to printing the Latin copy :

46. Left-hand compartment.—The left curve of the arch is
already fractured in the Dutch copy ;—the fracture is
considerably augmented in the Latin :