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Steel-Engraved Book Illustration in England Hardcover - 1980
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- Title Steel-Engraved Book Illustration in England
- Author Hunnisett, Basil
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- Pages xvi, 263 pp, 66 plates, ills
- Publisher Scolar Press, London
- Date 1980
- ISBN 9780859675383
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London: Scolar Press, 1980. xvi., 263 pages, 66 b/w plates. Minor wear to covers, contents fine, unmarked, rubbing, age toning to unclipped dustjacket. Original 1830s print by J T Willmore laid in. [766]. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 265mm. x 180mm.. Book.
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Scolar Press, 1980. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, an ex-library copy but with labels and stamps excised. Tightly bound. The pictorial dust jacket is unevenly faded, illustrated, xvi + 252pp.
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London: Scolar Press, 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a very good, price-clipped, dustwrapper. No ownership inscription. Pp.xvi,263. 66 plates. The first detailed survey of steel engavings in English books.
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London, Scolar Press. 1980. Original publisher's blue cloth hardback, gilt lettering on black label spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: xvi, 264pp., 65 illustrations, notes, appendix, index. Fine copy.
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David R. Godine, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.
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Scolar Press London, first edition, 1980. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. xvi, 263 pp, 66 plates, ills. The first detailed and comprehensive survey of steel-engravings for book illustration. This well-illustrated work moves from the identification problems and early history of steel engravings through the production and printing of the plates to a study of several of the engravers and artists as well as the books themselves. "Although examples of steel engraving date from the fifteenth century, the nineteenth century was the great age for this type of illustration. It stood between the cheap woodcut for the masses and the handcolored aquatints for the rich. Steel engraving persisted through the 1800s, but its heyday was 1825-1845. Hunnisett notes that the steel engraving (often actually steel etching because of the hardness of the metal) made possible the illustrated literary annual. By the 1880s steel engraving was in decline, and photography provided the last blow. With sixty-six facsimiles. An appendix…
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Scolar Press London, first edition, 1980. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. xvi, 263 pp, 66 plates, ills. The first detailed and comprehensive survey of steel-engravings for book illustration. This well-illustrated work moves from the identification problems and early history of steel engravings through the production and printing of the plates to a study of several of the engravers and artists as well as the books themselves. "Although examples of steel engraving date from the fifteenth century, the nineteenth century was the great age for this type of illustration. It stood between the cheap woodcut for the masses and the handcolored aquatints for the rich. Steel engraving persisted through the 1800s, but its heyday was 1825-1845. Hunnisett notes that the steel engraving (often actually steel etching because of the hardness of the metal) made possible the illustrated literary annual. By the 1880s steel engraving was in decline, and photography provided the last blow. With sixty-six facsimiles. An appendix…
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Godine, Boston 1980. 1980. Hardcover. 4to hardcover in d/w. 272pp near fine. Illustrated with examples. The book ranges from the identification problems and early history of steel enghravings through the production and printing of the plates to a study of several of the engravers and artists as well as the books themselves. .
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