| CHAPTER I |
| PAGE |
| On Pictures of Saints—The print of The Virgin with theHoly Child in her Lap in the Bibliothèque Royale deBelgique—On the print of St. Christopher in the SpencerLibrary 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—TemptacioDiaboli—Canticum Canticorum, and others | [20] |
| CHAPTER IV |
| Block Book—Speculum Humanae Salvationis—CasusLuciferi—The Mentz Psalter of 1459—Book of Fables—TheCologne Bible—Nürnberg Chronicle—Breydenbach'sTravels | [28] |
| CHAPTER V |
| On Wood-Engraving in Italy in the Fifteenth Century—TheVenice Kalendario of 1476—The Triumph of Petrarch—TheHypnerotomachia Poliphili—Aldo Manuzio—Portraitof Aldus | [40] |
| CHAPTER VI |
| On Wood-Engraving in France in the Fifteenth Century—Engravingon Metal Blocks—'Books of Hours'—FamousFrench 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—WilliamCaxton, Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye—Dictesand Sayings of Philosophers—Game and Playe ofthe Chesse, &c.—Wynkyn de Worde—Richard Pynson | [61] |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| Wood-Engraving in Germany in the Sixteenth Century—AlbrechtDürer—Coronation of the Virgin—The Apocalypse—TheLittle Passion—His Engravings on Copper—TheTriumphs of Maximilian—The Triumphal Arch—TheTriumphal Car—The Triumphal Procession | [69] |
| CHAPTER IX |
| Hans Holbein—Dance of Death—Bible Cuts—Hans Lützelburger—Danceof Death Alphabet—The Little Masters—Altdorfer—Beham—Brosamer—Aldegrever—Cranach | [81] |
| CHAPTER X |
| Wood-Engraving in Italy and France in the SixteenthCentury—Giuseppe Porta of Venice—Geoffroy Tory andRobert Estienne of Paris—Borluyt's Figures from theNew Testament—Christophe Plantin of Antwerp | [89] |
| CHAPTER XI |
| Wood-Engraving in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuriesin Italy and England—Printing in Chiaro-oscuro inVenice—Printing in Colour in Germany—Habiti Antichie Moderni by Vecellio—Wood-Engraving in England—Foxe'sActs and Monuments—Holinshed's Chronicles—ABooke of Christian Prayers—Dr. Cuningham's CosmographicalGlasse—Æsop's Fables—The French engraverPapillon | [99] |
| CHAPTER XII |
| Thomas Bewick and his Pupils—Select Fables—History ofQuadrupeds—History of British Birds—Æsop's Fables—Pricesat which these books were published—Death ofBewick | [108] |
| CHAPTER XIII |
| Bewick's Successors—John Bewick (his Brother)—Looking-glassfor the Mind—Goldsmith's Poems—Somerville'sChase—Robert Johnson—Charlton Nesbit—Robert ElliotR. Bewick—History of Fishes—Luke Clennell—WilliamHarvey—George Bonner—W. H. Powis—John Jackson—EbenezerLandells—Robert Branston—F. W. Branston—JohnThompson—J. Orrin Smith—John and Mary Byfield—SamuelWilliams—W. T. Green—O. Jewitt—C. Gray—S.Slader—J. Greenaway—W. J. Palmer—German Engravers—ModernEnglish Engravers | [116] |
| Index | [129] |
