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A treatise on etching (1880)

Lalanne, Maxime, 1827-1886, Estes and Lauriat (Firm), publisher, John Wilson and Son, printer, Koehler, S. R. (Sylvester Rosa), 1837-1900, Lalanne, Maxime, 1827-1886, engraver · Boston : Dana Estes and Co. · leaf 95

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s soft ground fix a piece of very thin paper havinga grain, and on the paper thus attached to the plate, execute yourdesign with a lead-pencil. Wherever the pencil passes, the var-nish sticks to the paper in proportion to the pressure of the hand ;and, on carefully removing the sheet, it takes up…

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