Main entry:

Dyson, Anthony, 1931- author.

Title & Author:

Pictures to print : the nineteenth-century engraving trade / Anthony Dyson.

Publication:

London : Farrand Press ; Williamsburg, Va. : Distributed in North America by Book Press, ©1984.

Description:

xxx, 234 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-228) and index.
Prints for the million -- The plate-printer and expanding trade -- Collaboration and competition -- Engravers and their earnings -- A process of difficult management -- Plate-printers' workshops and their equipment -- The rolling-press -- The engraving and printing of copper and steel plates -- Inks, inking, colour-printing and print colouring -- Paper for plate-printing.
Designed by students of the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading.

ISBN:

1050830010
(limited ed.)
1050830029
1850830010 (jacket)
9781850830016 (jacket)
1850830029 (limited ed.)
9781850830023 (limited ed.)
9781050830014
1050830016
9781050830021 (limited ed.)
1050830024
1850830010 (cased)

Subject:

Pictures Printing History 19th century.
Engraving Printing History 19th century.
Engraving, English 19th century.
Engraving and Engravings history
Printing history
Illustrations, images, etc. Impression Histoire 19e siècle.
Gravure Impression Histoire 19e siècle.
Gravure anglaise 19e siècle.
Engraving, English.
Engraving Printing.
Pictures Printing.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 63778
Call No.: ID NE628 REF; ID:85-B845
Status: Available