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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Some of the very first xylographic efforts were devoted to diffuse these Biblia Pauperum, and several editions appeared in the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 by Various
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
How and why these xylographic pages appear in a book whose remaining forty-two pages are printed from types is a mystery.
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
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
