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Alois Senefelder

 
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A Complete Course Of Lithography, Tr. By A.S by Alois Senefelder. This two-part work blends a historical account of the lithographic invention with a comprehensive practical manual. Part I narrates Senefelder’s life and the discovery of lithography, detailing his early experiments, the development of presses, collaborations, and the political support that helped propagate the method across Europe. It also records rival claims and the author’s perseverance through financial and logistical obstacles, culminating in the publication of the history and the instructions. Part II provides step-by-step guidance on the practice of lithography: description of stones, chemical inks, acids, instruments, and types of paper; and the many techniques in elevated, engraved, and mixed manners, including pen and ink drawing, chalk, transfer, wood-cut, aquatinta, and tint plates, as well as the printing of colours, cotton printing, and even stone substitutes. The work is both an historical document and a technical manual, reflecting Senefelder’s aim to democratize the art and to document its methods for practitioners and scholars.

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