Copperplate Engravings in early Spanish books.

Thomas, H.

Verlag: Bibliographical Society, London, reprinted from the Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, 1940, 1940

Beschreibung

Small edition of perhaps 20 - 30 copies. Printed wrappers, small 4to, 23 cm, pp [109] -142, 7 plates. Uncommon separate printing: from 1894 twenty copies of any paper printed in the Transactions were presented to the writer, and presumably a few more were run off. Reprinted from Transactions of the Bibliographical society (The Library. Fourth ser v. XXI, no. 2), Sept. 1940. The Appendix (pp131-142) comprises "a list of the known engravings and the books containing them". From the text: "In a pioneer article entitled ' Die Entwicklung der Kupferstichillustration im sechzehnten Jahrhundert published in the Archiv fur Buchgewerbe und. Gebrauchsgrapbik (Bd. 64, pp. II et seq., 1927), Prof. Dr. Erich von Rath sketches in broad outline the rise of the copper plate engraving for the purpose of book-illustration in various European countries from the middle of the sixteenth century, when it began to challenge the woodcut, to the end of the century, when it had established its supremacy. The article shows that the countries which contributed most to the victory of the copperplate engraving over the woodcut were Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany. Our own country and Spain, on the fringe of Europe, followed far in their wake. " Minor edgewear, spotting to plates, otherwise Near Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-51483

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Copperplate Engravings in early Spanish ...

Verlag: Bibliographical Society, London, reprinted from the Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, 1940

Erscheinungsdatum: 1940

Einband: Softcover