A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical (1881)
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864, Jackson, John, 1801-1848, Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 · New York : J. W. Bouton · leaf 249
orm ofthe letter and the ornamental foliage being cut in intaglio. At asubsequent period a more elaborate manner of engraving beoan toprevail in Italy, and cross-hatching was almost as generally employedto obtain depth of colour and shade as in Germany. The wood-cutswhich appear in works printed at… … IN CONNEXION WITH THE PEESS. 225 many of them, more especially those in books printed by tlie Giolitos, areexecuted with a clearness and delicacy which have seldom been surpassed. Before concluding the present chapter, which is more especiallydevoted to the consideration of wood engraving in the…
Wood-engraving
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