Order Nr. 59904 ANLEITUNG ZUR KENNTNISS UND ZUM SAMMELN DER WERKE DES KUNSTDRUCKES. J. E. Wessely.

ANLEITUNG ZUR KENNTNISS UND ZUM SAMMELN DER WERKE DES KUNSTDRUCKES.

  • Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, 1886.
  • small 8vo.
  • contemporary half leather with four raised bands and marbled paper-covered boards.
  • xii, 348, (4) pages.

Price: $35.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 59904

Second edition. The history and technique of printmaking. Wessely covers various types of techniques, from woodcuts to lithography and photography. Papermaking and printing are addressed. The author devotes a section to collecting practices: what, who, and where one should collect. Illustrated with 11 plates. Includes a new preface, an impressive bibliography arranged by subject, an appendix of artists' signatures, and index. Spine and edges heavily rubbed. Back hinge broken. Some foxing on terminal pages.