The Printed Book: Its History, Illustration and Adornment From the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time

CHAPTER V.

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THE BOOK IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 184

The regency--Publishers at the beginning of the eighteenth century--Illustrators in France; Gillot--The school of Watteau and Boucher--Cars--The younger Cochin; his principal works in vignettes--French art in England; Gravelot--Eisen--Choffard--The _Baisers_ of Dorat; the _Contes_ of La Fontaine--The publisher Cazin and the special literature of the eighteenth century--The younger Moreau and his illustrations--The Revolution--The school of David--Duplessis-Bertaux--The Book in Germany; Chodowiecki--In England; Boydell and French artists--Caslon and Baskerville--English books with illustrations--Wood engraving in the eighteenth century; the Papillons--Printing offices in the eighteenth century.