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The Art of Etching : A Complete & Fully Illustrated Description of Etching, Drypint, Soft-Ground Etching, Aquatint & Their Allied Arts... The New Art Library Series
by Lumsden, E. S
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1925. First edition, title page dated 1925. Generously illustrated with 208 black and white illustrations. Tan cloth printed in red, 376 pages plus adverrtisements. Good condition with modest external wear, slightly tanned yet readily legible spine, good hinges, sound text block, old transparent stain to the far top margin of the advertising pages, small incomplete pencil sketch inside rear cover, pages clean, no names or other markings. Philosophy, techniques and practical aspects of various methods of etching, from choice of tools and materials to commentary on the great etchers of the past from Durer and Leyden to Whistler and The Moderns. Includes technical notes by leading etchers of early twentieth century. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045866
- Title
- The Art of Etching : A Complete & Fully Illustrated Description of Etching, Drypint, Soft-Ground Etching, Aquatint & Their Allied Arts... The New Art Library Series
- Author
- Lumsden, E. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Seeley, Service & Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- FINE ART PRINTS ETCHING DRYPOINT AQUATINT MEZZOTINT TECHNIQUE DESIGN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts - Fine, Decorative, Antiques, Performing Arts;
Terms of Sale
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East Granby, Connecticut
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- First Edition
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