But nearly all their early Bookwork is strong and effective, and the printer who placed a cut on a titlepage nearly always secured a good one.
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Alfred W. Pollard
The first native Augsburg artist whom we have to notice is Hans Burgkmair, who was born in 1473, and began Bookwork in 1499 by illustrating missals for Erhard Ratdolt with pictures of patron saints and of the Crucifixion.
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Alfred W. Pollard
Tory is supposed to have brought home this style after his visit to Italy, but its application to Bookwork appears to have been his own idea.
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Alfred W. Pollard