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On The Processes For The Production Of Ex Libris

On The Processes For The Production Of Ex Libris

by John Vinycomb

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Author
Vinycomb, John
Title
On the Processes for the Production of Ex Libris (Book-Plates)
Credits
Produced by deaurider, Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
Z: Bibliography, Library science
Subject
Engraving -- Technique
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 62127
Release Date
May 14, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.ON THE PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF EX LIBRIS (BOOK-PLATES)
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.ON THE PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF EX LIBRIS. — Introductory.
  5. 5.WOOD ENGRAVING. — WOOD ENGRAVING AND COPPER-PLATE ENGRAVING—THE DIFFERENCE. — EARLY METHOD OF ENGRAVING ON THE SIDE OF THE WOOD WITH KNIVES. — MODERN WOOD ENGRAVING. — MATERIALS AND MODE OF PROCEEDING.
  6. 6.ENGRAVING ON COPPER AND STEEL. — THE VARIOUS MODES OF ENGRAVING ON COPPER AND STEEL-PLATE. — 1.—LINE ENGRAVING. — 2.—ETCHING. — 3.—SOFT-GROUND ETCHING. — 4.—AQUATINT ENGRAVING. — 5.—MEZZOTINT ENGRAVING. — 6.—STIPPLE ENGRAVING.
  7. 7.LITHOGRAPHY. — CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHY. — PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY. — DRAWING FOR PHOTO-LITHO, AND FOR PROCESS LINE-BLOCKS.
  8. 8.PROCESS BLOCKS. — LINE WORK. — HALF-TONE PROCESS BLOCKS. — PEN AND INK DRAWING.
  9. 9.HINTS TO COLLECTORS OF EX LIBRIS. — To distinguish how a book-plate may have been produced. — THE DIFFERENCE IN ENGRAVED OR CUT LINES, AND ETCHED LINES. — TO DISTINGUISH AN IMPRESSION FROM PLATE. — TO DISTINGUISH A WOODCUT, OR LINE PROCESS BLOCK. — TO DISTINGUISH A LITHOGRAPH.
  10. 10.“AU REVOIR.”

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