Graphik Vergleichs-Sammlung
by Fiedler, Alfons
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Vienna, 1978. Quarto. Second enlarged edition. (230)pp. Brimming with original illustrations in various media, including pen and ink, graphite, engraving, and watercolor, some signed and colored, plus a mounted copper plate. The illustrations are then presented as reproductions in tandem with text descriptions, thus providing a unique work explicating different reproduction techniques. Fiedler covers well-known methods used between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as unusual techniques of reproduction like ivory prints, etchings on silk, engraving on vellum, natural printing, and Japanese color woodcuts. The result is a rich reference book. Bound in faux leather with gilt lettering. Split along rear hinge, else fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29959
- Title
- Graphik Vergleichs-Sammlung
- Author
- Fiedler, Alfons
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Vienna
- Date Published
- 1978
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book Arts; Illustrated Books;
Terms of Sale
Bromer Booksellers
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About the Seller
Bromer Booksellers
Biblio member since 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. Owned and operated by Anne Bromer, who has been in the business of fine books for over fifty years, our shop carries a range of important private press books, designer bookbindings, illustrated books, children's books, and miniature books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...