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Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899 · London, H. Grevel and co. · leaf 224
engravers. ENGRAVING IN RELIEF. 213 Duplat, at the beginning of this century, proposed toprepare a rehef on stone, and as this would be brokenunder pressure, he invented a mould ; that is to say,he took a leaden matrix from the stone cutting, andran a resistant metal into this mould, thus… … Fig. 91.— Experiment in engraving in relief by Moreau le Jeunefor Renouards edition of La Fontaines Fables. published by Renouard in 1812, in two volumes, i2mo,is here reproduced. It appears, however, that the publisher was thwartedby bad printing. The printers of Didot or Mame,much as they…
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