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 685
tint is to be engraved. The extent to which the block must be loweredwill depend on the degree of lightness intended to be given to suchparts. In Bewicks time, when the pressmen used leather balls to inkthe cuts and types, it was only necessary to take a very thin shavin^off the block in order to… … ^^^■ ,_av..-,..i.«:„ of the other lines and the face of the types: had the block been loweredto any considerable depth, such parts would not have received any ink,and consequently would not have shown the lines engraved on them inthe impression. In the present day, when composition rollers are…
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