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Of the late German engravers the works of Schmidt are also
numerous here.
Of the French engravers of the time of Louis XIV. and XV.,
Jean Pesne, the Audrans, Drevet, Masson, &c, are well repre-
sented ; Edelinck the same, in his engravings from historical pic-
tures : of Nanteuil, however, very few are here.
It is almost unnecessary to add that the works of the excellent
English school of the 18th century—of Strange and of liyland,
the clever etchings by Hogarth and Woollett, the masterly mezzo-
tints of MacArdell and Earlom, and others, are here seen in great
perfection.
Finally, the modern engravers : the works of Raphael Morghen,
with the chief specimens of Desnoyers, Elchomme, Longhi,
Anderloni, Toschi, Muller, Steinle, as well as of the English
school, Doo and others, are here collected together, and in the
finest impressions.
The British Museum also contains a rich collection of impres-
sions of brasses with engraved figures, which occur so numerously
in England, and which were bequeathed to the British Museum
by the well-known antiquary Mr. Douce.
- BLOCK-BOOKS AND SINGLE WOODCUTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
I proceed now to describe those sets of old woodcuts which are
comprehended under the name of Block-books. The invention of
the art of woodcutting, which undoubtedly occurred about the
first half of the 15th century, afforded a welcome means for multi-
plying, in the widest extent, the art of the middle ages, for the
purposes both of education and edification. The Church especially
availed herself of this mode of propagation. Certain sets of pic-
tures already existed representing either the chief incidents of the
Bible in connexion with various emblematical devices, or setting
forth the principal dogmas of the Catholic Church regarding sal-
vation and condemnation, or portraying the life and glorification
of the Blessed Virgin. These now became the subjects of works
known under the following names: the ' Biblia Pauperum,' or
' Bible for the Poor ;' the ' Ars Moriendi,' or ' Art of Dying;'
the ' Speculum Humanae Salvationist or ' The Mirror of Human
Salvation ;' the ' Historia Virginis Marias ex Cantico Canticorum,'
numerous here.
Of the French engravers of the time of Louis XIV. and XV.,
Jean Pesne, the Audrans, Drevet, Masson, &c, are well repre-
sented ; Edelinck the same, in his engravings from historical pic-
tures : of Nanteuil, however, very few are here.
It is almost unnecessary to add that the works of the excellent
English school of the 18th century—of Strange and of liyland,
the clever etchings by Hogarth and Woollett, the masterly mezzo-
tints of MacArdell and Earlom, and others, are here seen in great
perfection.
Finally, the modern engravers : the works of Raphael Morghen,
with the chief specimens of Desnoyers, Elchomme, Longhi,
Anderloni, Toschi, Muller, Steinle, as well as of the English
school, Doo and others, are here collected together, and in the
finest impressions.
The British Museum also contains a rich collection of impres-
sions of brasses with engraved figures, which occur so numerously
in England, and which were bequeathed to the British Museum
by the well-known antiquary Mr. Douce.
- BLOCK-BOOKS AND SINGLE WOODCUTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
I proceed now to describe those sets of old woodcuts which are
comprehended under the name of Block-books. The invention of
the art of woodcutting, which undoubtedly occurred about the
first half of the 15th century, afforded a welcome means for multi-
plying, in the widest extent, the art of the middle ages, for the
purposes both of education and edification. The Church especially
availed herself of this mode of propagation. Certain sets of pic-
tures already existed representing either the chief incidents of the
Bible in connexion with various emblematical devices, or setting
forth the principal dogmas of the Catholic Church regarding sal-
vation and condemnation, or portraying the life and glorification
of the Blessed Virgin. These now became the subjects of works
known under the following names: the ' Biblia Pauperum,' or
' Bible for the Poor ;' the ' Ars Moriendi,' or ' Art of Dying;'
the ' Speculum Humanae Salvationist or ' The Mirror of Human
Salvation ;' the ' Historia Virginis Marias ex Cantico Canticorum,'