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 679
over such parts of the block as require to be printed dark ; andthe effect of this is to increase the action of the platten on those parts,and to diminish it on such as are not overlaid. Wlien lowered blocksare printed at a common press, it is necessary that a blanket shouldbe used in the tympans,… … .^ — .•iS?^^^?5^^gS,c--JJ;:^-V^--;. considered as an epoch in the history of wood engraving. Wood-cutswere first printed % a steam-press at- Messrs. Clowes and Sons esta-blishment,* and since that time loicering has been more generallypractised tlian at any former period. * The first work…
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