Engraved on Steel: The History of Picture Production Using Steel Plates

Hunnisett, Basil [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0859679713 / ISBN 13: 9780859679718

Published by Ashgate, 1998

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Dark blue hardback with gilt lettered spine, complete with original dustjacket. In nearly new condition: firm and square with strong joints, no bumps, no rubs. Contents are crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Thus a very nice copy that looks and feels unread, now offered for sale at a very reasonable price.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engraved on Steel: The History of Picture Production Using Steel Plates
• Publisher: Ashgate
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859679713
• ISBN 13: 9780859679718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
• Weight: 37 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art, Design and Fashion

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Synopsis

Steel engraving was developed more fully in Britain than in Europe during the 19th century, with most of the innovations undertaken by Charles Heath and the many engravers then working in London. This new expertise spread quickly to Germany, to France, to the Netherlands, and later on to Switzerland and other places in Europe. The close links with America through Jacob Perkins were cemented by the arrival of British engravers during the first half of the century. This study explores areas such as note, map, stamp and book plate engraving, mezzotint and aquatint, the casing of books and most present day usage. The main focus of the book is on engraving and engravers, but Basil Hunnisett also describes the context of their work: the artists; the print industry; paper manufacture; and publishing. He describes the activities of print publishers, including the Art Unions and provides a review of steel engraving in Europe and America.