Sm.4to, (230mm), xxii,172p. colour lithograph frontispiece & 22 plates including original examples of etching (by Henri Manesse) mezzotint (by Frank Short and Manesse) and line engraving by several hands including W Miller after Turner), with other examples reproduced by the H�liogravure process. Together with 24 illustrations in the text. A good copy in original dark olive buckram, backstrip slightly faded and a little rubbed at the head. (Bridson & Wakeman Printmaking & picture printing A47; Levis Descriptive bibliography of books relating to. engraving p108-9) Levis notes that 'The [last] chapter [Books on Engraving] is brief and not very satisfactory, but all the others are of great interest', while Bridson & Wakeman note that the text of this work originally appeared as a series of articles in the ninth edition of Encyclop�dia Britannica.

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Title

DRAWING & ENGRAVING. A brief exposition of technical principles & practice.

Publisher

London: Adam & Charles Black

Publication Date

1892

Binding

Hardcover

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We are located some 20 minutes drive from the M6, Junction 38 and therefore only a 20 mile detour from the main England-Scotland route. Appleby is a town well worth a visit, the coffee pot is always on though refreshment with �a little more authority' can be had if the Crown & Cushion in the town's market square is open! Our Bookroom is open by appointment. We will be happy to send pdf copies of our catalogue by email.

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Barry McKay Rare Books
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Barry McKay
Kingstone House, Battlebarrow, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria CA16 6XT, England.
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