Etchers and etching: Chapters in the history of the art, together with technical explanations of modern artistic methods
by Pennell, Ioseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG spine end&corners rubbed. light tanning to pg edges. pastedowns & flyleafs tanned. dustjacket has numerous chips & tears to a
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: MacMillan Company, 1926. Hardcover. VG spine end&corners rubbed. light tanning to pg edges. pastedowns & flyleafs tanned. dustjacket has numerous chips & tears to all edges; chunk missing from spine end; overall very worn.. tan cloth boards w/ green lettering. brown paper dustjacket w/ black lettering. 343 pgs w/ illustrations & plates. content as follows: Of etchings -- Of the making of etchings -- Of the collecting of etchings -- Of the great etchers -- Of Charles Meryon -- Of James McNeill Whistler -- Of Rembrandt -- Of followers of Rembrandt and others -- Of Dürer -- Of Van Dyck -- Of William Blake -- Of Goya and Rops -- Of J.M.W. Turner -- Of Seymour Haden -- Of modern men -- Of the materials necessary for making an etching -- Of copper plates and other plates -- Of etching grounds -- Of grounding and printing rollers -- Of etching needles -- Of scrapers, burnishers, roulettes -- Of acids -- Of presses -- Of ink -- Of paper -- Of grounding plates-- Of drawing on the plate -- Of biting in -- Of corrections in biting -- Of re-grounding -- Of dry point -- Of sand paper and aquatint -- Of mezzotint -- Of colour etchings -- Of monotypes and relief plates -- Of printing -- Of trials and states -- Of publishing prints -- Of the preservation of prints -- Of the arrangement of a print room -- Of cataloguing -- Of teaching etching.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 176328
- Title
- Etchers and etching: Chapters in the history of the art, together with technical explanations of modern artistic methods
- Author
- Pennell, Ioseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG spine end&corners rubbed. light tanning to pg edges. pastedowns & flyleafs tanned. dustjacket has numerous chips & tears to a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- ; etchings, etchers ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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