As I bent down in some curiosity to examine a really clever copy of an altar-piece of Albert durer, a door gently opened, and I heard the rustle of a silk dress.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
Here, when Art was still religion, with a simple, reverent heart, Lived and labored Albrecht durer, the Evangelist of Art; Hence in silence and in sorrow, toiling still with busy hand, Like an emigrant he wandered, seeking for the Better Land.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Similar theories had been propounded in earlier days by Albert durer and the French printer, Geoffrey Tory, but no improvement in printing ever resulted from them.
"A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898"
Henry R. Plomer