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 677
CE OF WOOD ENGRAVING. such circumstances, where little more than outlines, with the courseof rivers, and comparatively few names, are required, wood engravingpossesses an advantage over copper, as such maps can be executed ata very moderate expense, and printed with the letter-press of the workfor… … maps to Sebastian Munsters Cosmography, Basle, 1550,*—lias recentlybeen revived. The names in the outline maps contained in the PennyGvclopffidia are inserted in this manner. Had those maps not beenengraved on wood, it would have been impossible that any could havebeen given in the work, as the low…
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