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 645
in themanner above represented, allows the blade to move back and forwardwith a slight degree of pressure against it, and in case of a slij) it is everready to check the gravers progress. This mode of resting the thumbagainst the edge of the block is, however, only ai:)plicable when thecuts are so… … still forming a stay to the blade of the graver, and a check to its slips, asbefore. THE PRACTICE OF WOOD ENGEAVING. 581 In order to acquire steadiness of hand, the best thing for a pupilto begin with is the cutting of tints,—that is, parallellines; and the first attempts ought to be made on asmall…
Wood-engraving
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