{"product_id":"treatise-on-wood-engraving-historical-and-practical-with-upwards-of-three-hundred-illustrations-engraved-on-wood-paperback-9781108009157","title":"Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical; With Upwards of Three Hundred Illustrations, Engraved on Wood (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108009157","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTreatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith Upwards of Three Hundred Illustrations, Engraved on Wood\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn impressive combination of historical and practical expertise underlies this valuable source of information about engravers and their techniques.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Jackson (Author), William Andrew Chatto (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108009157, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e784 pages, 253 b\/w illus.  6 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4 cm, 1.03 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical (1839), combines the practical knowledge of an engraver with the critical inquiry of an historian. Compiled and edited by William Andrew Chatto, an established author with an interest in woodcuts, the book was originally conceived by the wood-engraver John Jackson, who provided the book's more than three hundred engravings. Roughly three quarters of the Treatise is concerned with the historical evolution of engraving, from the Egyptian hieroglyph stamps held at the British Museum through the masterful works of Albrecht Dürer to the decline and reinvigoration of the art in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Practical analysis permeates the text as a whole, with the final section explaining more fully how a block is chosen, cut, and even repaired. The book is therefore of interest to art historians, historians of the book, and even artist practitioners interested in nineteenth-century methods.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Antiquity of engraving\u003cbr\u003e 2. Progress of wood engraving\u003cbr\u003e 3. The invention of typography\u003cbr\u003e 4. Wood engraving in connection with the press\u003cbr\u003e 5. Wood engraving at the time of Albrecht Dürer\u003cbr\u003e 6. Further progress and decline of wood engraving\u003cbr\u003e 7. Revival of wood engraving\u003cbr\u003e 8. The practice of wood engraving.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Publishing%20industry%20\u0026amp;%20book%20trade%20%5BKNTP%5D%22\"\u003eKNTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265922027800,"sku":"9781108009157","price":46.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108009157i_792bdc44-4bda-4573-a90a-aee67269ee07.jpg?v=1694867437","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/treatise-on-wood-engraving-historical-and-practical-with-upwards-of-three-hundred-illustrations-engraved-on-wood-paperback-9781108009157","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}