Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical: With Upwards of Three Hundred Illustrations, Engraved on Wood

by John Jackson and William Andrew Chatto

Book Overview

A 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108009158
• ISBN13: 9781108009157
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"