Author: Douglas Percy Bliss
Title: A History of Wood Engraving
Description: London , J. M. Dent , 1928. First edition. Cloth. A lovely volume on the history of wood engraving that is richly illustrated throughout. A first edition copy of this work that explores the history of wood engraving. Bliss gives an account of the technique of woodcutting and wood engraving before detailing early book-illustration from various European countries and considering the modern wood engravers of Blake and Gauguin. With one hundred and twenty illustrations throughout the volume. in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some marks to the boards and some fading to the spine. Rear hinge is starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with bright pages with some scattered spots concentrated to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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