Woodcarving Books Cache

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Woodcut / Engraving

Woodcutting, sometimes called Xylography, has been widely used for illustrations in books since ancient times. Most of the books below show examples of woodcuts. Others teach the history of how woodcuts have influenced cultures around the world.

Jacques Hnizdovsky: Woodcuts and Etchings

Jacques Hnizdovsky: Woodcuts and Etchings

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Woodcutters and Witchcraft: Rationality and Interpretive Change in the Social Sciences

Woodcutters and Witchcraft: Rationality and Interpretive...

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The two Babylons or the Papal Worship Proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and his Wife (1916)

The two Babylons or the Papal Worship Proved to be the...

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Image in Print: Book Illustration in Late Medieval England and Its Sources

Image in Print: Book Illustration in Late Medieval...

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Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels

Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels

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Posada's Popular Mexican Prints

Posada's Popular Mexican Prints

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Medieval Woodcut Illustrations: City Views and Decorations from the Nuremberg Chronicle

Medieval Woodcut Illustrations: City Views and...

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Decorative Floral Woodcuts of the 16th Century

Decorative Floral Woodcuts of the 16th Century

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Medicinal and Food Plants: With 200 Illustrations for Artists and Craftspeople (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)

Medicinal and Food Plants: With 200 Illustrations for...

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Farmer's Alphabet

Farmer's Alphabet

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Origins of European Printmaking: Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Their Public

Origins of European Printmaking: Fifteenth-Century...

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The Life of Christ in Woodcuts

The Life of Christ in Woodcuts

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2009 Hiroshige and Hokusai Engagement Calendar

2009 Hiroshige and Hokusai Engagement Calendar

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Picture Exhibition: A Collection of Neat Woodcuts for Juvenile Amusements (1839)

Picture Exhibition: A Collection of Neat Woodcuts for...

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Woodcuts of Harlan Hubbard: From the Collection of Bill Caddell

Woodcuts of Harlan Hubbard: From the Collection of Bill...

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A Heavenly Craft: The Woodcut in Early Printed Books

A Heavenly Craft: The Woodcut in Early Printed Books

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Men: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources

Men: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources

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Astrology and Astronomy: A Pictorial Archive of Signs and Symbols

Astrology and Astronomy: A Pictorial Archive of Signs...

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Pirates: Dover Electronic Clip Art

Pirates: Dover Electronic Clip Art

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Bewick's Animal Woodcuts

Bewick's Animal Woodcuts

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