An historical and practical guide to art illustrations in connection with books, periodicals and general decoration

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First and only edition. (Bridson & Wakeman: A43, E44). Covers plate engraving, wood engravings, lithography, chromo-printing, chemical or mechanical engraving (zincography, M. Dulor' Process, aquatint, etc.), photographic processes (photo-lithography, heliotype, albertype, Woodburys Process, etc.) electrotyping. There are 24 actual specimens. Bridson and Wakeman state "Following Stannards' work the first book which treated printmaking from the points of view of both the picture printer and the publisher was Hodson's in 1884." and "Hodson's Guide, apart from being the first of a new class on photo-mechanical textbooks, also deserves mention for its splendid series of examples of the processes described.