CHAPTER II.

PROGRESS OF WOOD ENGRAVING, 40-117.

Initial letter F, from an old book containing an alphabet of similar letters, engraved on wood, formerly belonging to Sir George Beaumont 40 St. Christopher, with the date 1423, from a cut in the possession of Earl Spencer 46 The Annunciation, from a cut probably of the same period, in the possession of Earl Spencer 50 St. Bridget, from an old cut in the possession of Earl Spencer 52 Shields from the Apocalypse, or History of St. John, an old block-book 65 St. John preaching to the infidels, and baptizing Drusiana, from the same book 66 The death of the Two Witnesses, and the miracles of Antichrist, from the same book 67 Group from the History of the Virgin, an old block-book 71 Copy of a page of the same book 72 Figures and a shield of arms, from the same book 75 Shields of arms, from the same book 76-78 Copy of the first page of the Poor Preachers’ Bible, an old block-book 86 Heads from the same book 88 Christ tempted, a fac-simile of one of the compartments in the first page of the same book 89 Adam and Eve eating of the forbidden fruit, from the same