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Article: A Guide to English Illustrated Books: 1536-1603.(Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- July 1, 2001
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 Modern Humanities Research Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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A Guide to English Illustrated Books: 1536-1603. By RUTH SAMSON LUBORSKY and ELIZABETH MORLEY INGRAM. (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 166) Tempe, AZ: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies. 1998. 2 vols. Vol. I: xxxi + 754 pp.; Vol. II: v + 217 pp. + illustrations. $75; 53 [pounds sterling] together.
This Guide is the result of prodigious labour, detailing and cross-referencing the occurrences of some five thousand woodcuts and engravings, with useful notes on topics and individual texts. Its purpose is to record the first and then subsequent uses of individual images in English books, 1536 to 1603. Both STC and Edward Hodnett's English Woodcuts 1480-1535 ...