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 656
xecuted in any country: it mayjustly challenge a comparison with the drinking cups by BenvenutoCellini, the dagger hafts designed by Durer, or the salts by HansHolbein. The process of engraving in this style is extremely simple,as it is only necessary to leave the lines drawn in pencil… … Having now explained the mode of procedure in outline engraving,it seems necessary, before proceeding to speak of more complicatedsubjects, to say a few words respecting drawings made on the block ; for,however well the engraving may be executed, the cut which is a fac-simile of a bad drawing can…
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