Manual Of Etching And Engraving

Comprehensive handbook covers materials and equipment, tools, printing papers, presses, and other essentials. Detailed instructions for etching, engraving, drypoint, collagraphs, tuilegraphs, and the Blake transfer method.

"This comprehensively illustrated study is the first of its kind to cover all elements of the trade of engraving and etching throughout six centuries"--Publisher's website.

This volume surveys the history of the techniques of engraving, etching and plate printing from its beginning in the 1430s until today. It will be of interest to collectors, curators, conservators, printmakers and students of technical art history.