CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

I. THE ORIGIN OF THE ART.

II. THE BLOCK-BOOKS.

III. EARLY PRINTED BOOKS IN THE NORTH.

IV. EARLY ITALIAN WOOD-ENGRAVING.

V. ALBERT DÜRER AND HIS SUCCESSORS.

VI. HANS HOLBEIN.

VII. THE DECLINE AND EXTINCTION OF THE ART.

VIII. MODERN WOOD-ENGRAVING.

A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS UPON WOOD-ENGRAVING USEFUL TO STUDENTS.

INDEX.