An Introduction to the Study and Collection of Ancient Prints

Published by Ellis and White, London, 1877

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A finely bound second edition of this comprehensive reference of ancient engravings and prints. Second edition. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in half calf with marbled paper boards. Bound with the half titles. Volume I illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece and Volume II illustrated with a wood-cut folding frontispiece and one further wood-cut folding plate. Collated, complete. An extensive study of the pioneering processes and figures of early engraving, etching and printing. With references to the Greeks and Romans, early playing cards, engraving in the "Books of Hours", the Northern schools of wood-engraving from Albert Durer to the Seventeenth Century, ordinary metal engraving, the chief etchers of the Italian schools, Mezzo-tinto engraving and more. Written by William Hughes Willshire, a physician and collector of prints and books. His other works include "A Descriptive Catalogue of Playing and Other Cards in the British Museum" and "Catalogue of Early Prints in the British Museum". Uniformly bound in half calf with marbled paper boards. Externally, lovely, with minimal shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with only spotting to Vol I frontispiece and endpapers. Fine.

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Title
An Introduction to the Study and Collection of Ancient Prints
Author
William Hughes
Publisher
Ellis and White, London
Publication year
1877
Condition
Fine
Book Type
book
Binding
Leather
Illustrator
Various
Item weight
1 kilogram
Dimensions
9.5" by 6.5"

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