How Prints Are Made (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from How Prints Are MadeThis is the process employed by Durer and bthe early masters. It is often known as line engraving, but this term is not strictly correct, '8ince any engraving process that works in line ihas as good a right to the title. It is also known simply as engraving, in distinction to etching, and is popularly called Jreel-engraving, though steel plates are rarely used, except in commercial work, copperplates having always bee. Medium for artistic engraving.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.