1st Edition

Early Woodcut Initials Containing Over Thirteen Hundred Reproductions of Ornamental Letters of the Fiftheenth and Sixteenth centuries, Selected and Annotated by Oscar Jennings, M.D.

By Oscar Jennings Copyright 1908
    302 Pages
    by Routledge

    302 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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.

    Biography

    Oscar Jennings M.D