xylography
noun
the art of engraving on wood, or of printing from such engravings.
xylographic
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a word derived from
xylography.
Example Sentences
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Another one of these books was a collection of biblical woodcuts, probably from the earliest time of the xylographic art.
From My Life and My Efforts by Gunther Olesch
The celebrated block-book, the Apocalypse of St. John, generally regarded as the second attempt in xylographic printing, realized £500.
From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by W. (William) Roberts
Large numbers were printed both from blocks and from type, but xylographic fragments are scarce, and none are known of any date before the second half of the fifteenth century.
From The Story of Books by Gertrude Burford Rawlings
Another generally unknown xylographic performance; printed in the German language: being a small quarto.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
This rare and curious volume is generally considered as being the second attempt in xylographic printing, the priority being given to the Ars Memorandi.
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
