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etching engraving and printmaking34% of collection
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Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, vernishing, japaning, gilding, &c. : in two volumes ...Author: Classic Public Domain
A short history of engraving [and] etching : for the use of collectors and students; with full bibliography, classified list and index of engraversAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A short history of engraving & etching for the use of collectors and students, with full bibliography, classified list and index of engraversAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Catalogue of the masterpieces of engraving and etching : collectedAuthor: the late General Brayton Ives : to be sold at unrestricted public sale on the dates herein stated
The graphic arts of Great Britain; drawing, line-engraving, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, lithography, wood-engraving, colour-printingAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying and perfuming ... : to which is added a discourse of perspective and chiromancyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Exceptional Examples of the Masters of Etching and Engraving : the Print Collection of the Late J. Harsen Purdy, of New York CityAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Polygraphice, or, The art of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, colouring, and dying : in three books : the like never yet extantAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Catalogue of the loan exhibition of British engraving and etching held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, 1903Author: Classic Public Domain
Pen pictures and how to draw them : a practical handbook on the various methods of illustrating in black and white for process engraving, with numerous designs, diagrams, and sketchesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A course in fundamental principles of designing and engraving : a practical self teacher as good as a school, demonstrated and illustrated to the pointAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Modern letter engraving in theory and practice; a manual for the use of watchmakers, jewelers and other metal engravers ..Author: Classic Public Domain
Engraving and printing methods, advertisement illustration, technical- and trade-paper advertising, street-car advertising, outdoor advertising, house publicationsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The bibliographical decameron; or, Ten days pleasant discourse upon illuminated manuscripts, and subjects connected with early engraving, typography, and bibliographyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The printers' handbook of trade recipes, hints & suggestions relating to letterpress and lithographic printing, bookbinding stationery, engraving, etc. With many useful tables and an indexAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Ars pictoria : or, An academy treating of drawing, painting, limning and etching : to which are added thirty copper plates expressing the choicest, nearest, and most exact grounds and rules of symmetryAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A descriptive bibliography of the most important books in the English language, relating to the art & history of engraving and the collecting of printsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Ariadne Florentina : six lectures on wood and metal engraving : given before the University of Oxford, in Michaelmas term, 1872Author: Classic Public Domain
The graphic arts : a treatise on the varieties of drawing, painting, and engraving in comparison with each other and with natureAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The art of engraving : a practical treatise on the engravers' art, with special reference to letter and monogram engraving : specially compiled as a text-book for students and reference book and guide for engraversAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Decorative painting : a practical handbook of painting & etching upon various objects & materials for decoration of our homesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The writing table of the twentieth century; being an account of heraldry, art, engraving & established form for the correspondentAuthor: Classic Public Domain
General letter engraving for watchmakers, jewelers and kindred trades : a complete exposition on the art of engraving on metalsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Ariadne florentina : six lectures on wood and metal engraving with appendix ; given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term, 1872Author: Classic Public Domain
A manual of photo-engraving : containing practical instructions for producing photo-engraved plates in relief-line and half-tone with chapters on dry plate development and half-tone color workAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A treatise on etching. Text and platesAuthor: Maxime Lalanne. Authorized ed. translated from the 2d French ed. by S.R. Koehler. With an introductory chapter and notes by the translator
About etching and etchers; or, Short talks about the graphic arts, artists and some of their latest productions. IllustratedAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The writing table of the twentieth century; being an account of heraldry, art, engraving, and established form for the correspondentAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The art of graueing, and etching, wherein is exprest the true way of graueing in copper. Allso the manner & method of that famous Callot, & Mr. Bosse, in their seuerall ways of etchingAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The poems, etc., of Richard James, B.D. (1592-1638). Now for the first time collected and edited, with introduction, notes and illustrations and an etchingAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Sculptura, or, The history and art of chalcography, and engraving in copper : with an ample enumeration of the most renowned masters and their works : to which is annexed, a new manner of engraving, or mezzotintoAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A complete treatise on artistic retouching, modeling, etching, art and nature, art and photography, character, chiaroscuro, composition, style and individualityAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The Master E.S. and the 'Ars moriendi'; a chapter in the history of engraving during the XVth century, with facsimile reproductions of engravings in the University Galleries at Oxford and in the British MuseumAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Mount Auburn illustrated. In highly-finished line engraving, from drawings taken on the spot,Author: James Smillie. With descriptive notices by Cornelia W. Walter
An essay on the invention of engraving and printing in chiaro oscuro, as practisedAuthor: Albert Durer, Hugo di Carpi, &c. and the application of it to the making paper hangings of taste, duration, and elegance
The trumpet-major, John Loveday, a soldier in the war with Buonaparte, and Robert his brother, first mate in the merchant service; a tale. With an etchingAuthor: H. MacBeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex
Amateur art : oil and water color painting, painting on china, modeling in clay and ware painting, pyrography or burnt wood etchingAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The graphic arts : treatise on the varieties of drawing, painting and engraving in comparison with each other and with natureAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Catalogue of exhibition of oil painting, water-color, pastel, miniature, etching and illumination, sculpture, design and crafts work: October eighth to twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two.Author: Classic Public Domain
Discover 125 carefully selected public-domain books about etching engraving and printmaking. This focused archive brings together practical manuals, illustrated references and important historical works in one searchable collection.
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Paul Revere and his engraving
A short history of engraving [and] etching : for the use of collectors and students; with full bibliography, classified list and index of engravers
A short history of engraving & etching for the use of collectors and students, with full bibliography, classified list and index of engravers
Engraving and etching : a handbook for the use of students and print collectors
Modern etching and engraving
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Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, vernishing, japaning, gilding, &c. : in two volumes ...
A short history of engraving [and] etching : for the use of collectors and students; with full bibliography, classified list and index of engravers
A short history of engraving & etching for the use of collectors and students, with full bibliography, classified list and index of engravers
Engraving and etching : a handbook for the use of students and print collectors
History of engraving and etching
Modern etching and engraving
Tools and materials used in etching and engraving; a descriptive catalogue of a collection exhibited in the museum
Fine prints of the year: an annual review of contemporary etching and engraving ..
Catalogue of the masterpieces of engraving and etching : collected by the late General Brayton Ives : to be sold at unrestricted public sale on the dates herein stated
The graphic arts of Great Britain; drawing, line-engraving, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, lithography, wood-engraving, colour-printing
Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying and perfuming ... : to which is added a discourse of perspective and chiromancy
Exceptional Examples of the Masters of Etching and Engraving : the Print Collection of the Late J. Harsen Purdy, of New York City
Polygraphice, or, The art of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, colouring, and dying : in three books : the like never yet extant
Photo-engraving, photo-etching, and photo-lithography in line and half-tone; also, collotype and heliotype
Masterpieces of engraving and etching collected by the late General Brayton Ives
Catalogue of the loan exhibition of British engraving and etching held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, 1903
Etching, engraving and the other methods of printing pictures
Etching and mezzotint engraving : lectures delivered at Oxford
Aquatint engraving; a chapter in the history of book illustration
Pen pictures and how to draw them : a practical handbook on the various methods of illustrating in black and white for process engraving, with numerous designs, diagrams, and sketches
Researches into the history of playing cards; with illustrations of the origin of printing and engraving on wood ..
Morte d'Arthur, a poem. [Written out and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski. Reproduced by the Graphic Engraving Co. for Chatto & Windus]
Engraving : its origin, processes, and history
The grammar of painting and engraving;
A course in fundamental principles of designing and engraving : a practical self teacher as good as a school, demonstrated and illustrated to the point
Modern letter engraving in theory and practice; a manual for the use of watchmakers, jewelers and other metal engravers ..
Paul Revere and his engraving
Engraving and printing methods, advertisement illustration, technical- and trade-paper advertising, street-car advertising, outdoor advertising, house publications
Drawing & engraving;
The bibliographical decameron; or, Ten days pleasant discourse upon illuminated manuscripts, and subjects connected with early engraving, typography, and bibliography
Etching & etchers
A treatise on wood engraving, historical and practical
The printers' handbook of trade recipes, hints & suggestions relating to letterpress and lithographic printing, bookbinding stationery, engraving, etc. With many useful tables and an index
Etching craft, a guide for students and collectors
The wonders of engraving
Catalogue of the books on bibliography, typography and engraving, in the New-York state library
Catalogue of prints and books, illustrating the history of engraving in Japan. Exhibited in 1888
French portrait engraving of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries
The art of wood-engraving in Italy in the fifteenth century
Engraving for illustration;
Etching in America;
Ars pictoria : or, An academy treating of drawing, painting, limning and etching : to which are added thirty copper plates expressing the choicest, nearest, and most exact grounds and rules of symmetry
The art of drawing and engraving on wood
A descriptive bibliography of the most important books in the English language, relating to the art & history of engraving and the collecting of prints
Ariadne Florentina : six lectures on wood and metal engraving : given before the University of Oxford, in Michaelmas term, 1872
The graphic arts : a treatise on the varieties of drawing, painting, and engraving in comparison with each other and with nature
A brief history of wood-engraving from its invention
Ariadne florentina. Six lectures on wood and metal engraving
Etching and other graphic arts;
Etchers and etching; chapters in the history of the art, together with technical explanations of modern artistic methods
Catalogue of an exhibition of early American engraving upon copper, 1727-1850, with 296 examples by 147 different engravers
Drawing for zinc etching
A history of wood-engraving
Specimens of early wood engraving, being impressions of wood-cuts in the possession of the publisher
The art of engraving : a practical treatise on the engravers' art, with special reference to letter and monogram engraving : specially compiled as a text-book for students and reference book and guide for engravers
Decorative painting : a practical handbook of painting & etching upon various objects & materials for decoration of our homes
The best portraits in engraving
Metal work and etching
From Holbein to Whistler : notes on drawing and engraving
The writing table of the twentieth century; being an account of heraldry, art, engraving & established form for the correspondent
General letter engraving for watchmakers, jewelers and kindred trades : a complete exposition on the art of engraving on metals
Modern wood engraving
The golden age of engraving; a specialist's story about fine prints
Practical engraving on metal : including hints on saw-piercing, carving, inlaying, &c.
A descriptive catalogue of an exhibition of early engraving in America, December 12, 1904 - February 5, 1905
Etching and other graphic arts : an illustrated treatise
Practical instruction in the art of wood engraving
Wood engraving
The Linnet's life : twelve poems with a copper plate engraving to each
Ariadne florentina : six lectures on wood and metal engraving with appendix ; given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term, 1872
A manual of photo-engraving : containing practical instructions for producing photo-engraved plates in relief-line and half-tone with chapters on dry plate development and half-tone color work
A treatise on etching. Text and plates by Maxime Lalanne. Authorized ed. translated from the 2d French ed. by S.R. Koehler. With an introductory chapter and notes by the translator
About etching and etchers; or, Short talks about the graphic arts, artists and some of their latest productions. Illustrated
The masters and master-pieces of engraving
The writing table of the twentieth century; being an account of heraldry, art, engraving, and established form for the correspondent
Drawing & engraving : a brief exposition of technical principles & practice
Metallographic etching reagents: I, for copper
Practical hints on painting, composition, landscape, and etching
The Jewelers' School of Engraving
Mount Auburn illustrated : in highly finished line engraving, from drawings taken on the spot
The art of graueing, and etching, wherein is exprest the true way of graueing in copper. Allso the manner & method of that famous Callot, & Mr. Bosse, in their seuerall ways of etching
Photo Engraving Co. : engraving for all purposes
Calico engraving : a practical text-book for students, designers and all engaged in the textile industry
Green-wood illustrated, In highly finished line engraving
The poems, etc., of Richard James, B.D. (1592-1638). Now for the first time collected and edited, with introduction, notes and illustrations and an etching
The history of engraving from its inception to the time of Thomas Bewick
The masters of wood-engraving
The British school of etching, being a lecture delivered to the Print collectors' club
Sculptura, or, The history and art of chalcography, and engraving in copper : with an ample enumeration of the most renowned masters and their works : to which is annexed, a new manner of engraving, or mezzotinto
A complete treatise on artistic retouching, modeling, etching, art and nature, art and photography, character, chiaroscuro, composition, style and individuality
Modern etching and their collectors
Lectures on the art of engraving : delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain
The Master E. S. and the'Ars moriendi'; a chapter in the history of engraving during the XVth century
A treatise on etching
Some practical hints on wood engraving for the instruction of reviewers and the public
The Master E.S. and the 'Ars moriendi'; a chapter in the history of engraving during the XVth century, with facsimile reproductions of engravings in the University Galleries at Oxford and in the British Museum
Metallographic Etching Reagents: III: For Alloy Steels
Considerations on engraving
South London. A new ed., with an etching by Francis S. Walker
Eugène Delacroix. One cut in four colours, 17 drawings on superfine unglazed art paper, 31 tinted illus. and 1 engraving
The history of wood-engraving in America
Metallographic etching reagents: II, for Copper Alloys, Nickel, and the Alpha Alloys of Nickel
The process and practice of photo-engraving
The manufacture of metallic articles electrolytically.--Electro-engraving
Under the greenwood tree; a rural painting of the Dutch School; with an etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, and a map of Wessex
Photo-engraving art.
Hoole Machine and Engraving Works : Catalogue No. 79
Mount Auburn illustrated. In highly-finished line engraving, from drawings taken on the spot, by James Smillie. With descriptive notices by Cornelia W. Walter
Ormsby's Bank Note Engraving
An essay on the invention of engraving and printing in chiaro oscuro, as practised by Albert Durer, Hugo di Carpi, &c. and the application of it to the making paper hangings of taste, duration, and elegance
French etching from Meryon to Lepère, being a lecture delivered to the Print Collectors' Club
Plate printing and die stamping; how to operate a department for copperplate and steel-die engraving and printing
Etching A Practical Treatise
An outline of the history of engraving [microform]
The trumpet-major, John Loveday, a soldier in the war with Buonaparte, and Robert his brother, first mate in the merchant service; a tale. With an etching by H. MacBeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex
Amateur art : oil and water color painting, painting on china, modeling in clay and ware painting, pyrography or burnt wood etching
The art of wood engraving : a practical handbook
The origin and antiquity of engraving: with some remarks on The utility and pleasures of prints
A guide to the processes and schools of engraving represented in the exhibition of select prints
The graphic arts : treatise on the varieties of drawing, painting and engraving in comparison with each other and with nature
Catalogue of exhibition of oil painting, water-color, pastel, miniature, etching and illumination, sculpture, design and crafts work: October eighth to twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two.
The half-tone process. A practical manual of photo-engraving in half-tone on zinc, copper, and brass
Description of a wood engraving illustrating the South American Indians
The Photo-Engraving Company, New York
The happy villagers : embellished with an engraving
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