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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 31

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face are rudely cut in intaglio, so that their impression on clay wouldbe in relief; and if printed in the same manner as the preceding copy,would present the same appearance,—that is, the characters which arecut into the wood, would appear white on a black ground. Thephonetic power of the…

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