Engraving: Its Origin, Processes, and History

A first edition of this detailed study on the art of engraving from French art critic Vicomte Henri Delaborde. First edition. From the Fine-Art Library. Illustrated throughout. A detailed and comprehensive study of the origin, processes, and history of engraving. Exploring the beginnings of engraving in relief, playing cards, Italian and German painter-engravers, line engraving, wood engraving, etchings, and much more. Written by Vicomte Henri Delaborde, a French art critic and historical painter. Translated by Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson, a Scottish art critic and art critic noted for his landscapes. He was a cousin of the writer Robert Louis Stevenson and the brother of Katharine de Mattos. With an additional chapter on English engraving by William Walker. With publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Front hinge just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot, with light spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good.…