Pictures to print : the nineteenth-century engraving trade / Anthony Dyson
1984, 1st edition. London Williamsburg, Va. : Farrand Press ; Distributed in North America by Book Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #394189
ISBN: 1050830016
Physical description: xxx, 234 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-228) and index. Designed by students of the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. Other format: Also available in a limited ed. with hand-coloured frontispiece. Contents: Prints for the million -- The plate-printer and expanding trade -- Collaboration and competition -- Engravers and their earnings -- A process of difficult management -- Plate-printers' workshops and their equipment -- The rolling-press -- The engraving and printing of copper and steel plates -- Inks, inking, colour-printing and print colouring -- Paper for plate-printing. Subjects: 1800-1899; 19th century; Pictures Printing History 19th century; Engraving Printing History 19th century; Illustrations, images, etc.; Impression Histoire 19e siècle; Gravure Impression Histoire 19e siècle; Engraving Economic aspects History 19th century Great Britain; Engraving Economic aspects Great Britain History 19th century; Pictures Printing History 19th century.
Price: €45.00