This auction is for a used and illustrated older hardback book with inner hinges broken and separated:

THE
ETCHER'S HANDBOOK.

BY
PHILIP GILBERT HAMERTON,
Author of "ETCHING AND ETCHERS."

Giving an Account of the Old Processes, and of Processes
recently discovered.

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR.

LONDON:
CHARLES ROBERSON& CO., 99, LONG ACRE.
______

1871.

88 pages plus illustrated CATALOGUE OF MATERIALS FOR DRAWING, PAINTING, &c. (32 pages)

CONTENTS:

PREFACE

The Old Negative Process with Stopping-out

The Old Negative Process avoiding Stopping-out

Lalanne's Doctrine about Lines

Haden's Doctrine about the Etched Line

Soft Ground Etching

Bracquemond's Pen Process

Hamerton's Brush Process

Haden's Negative Process

Hamerton's Negative Process

Hamerton's Positive Process

On the Etching Needle or Point

The Dry Point

To Efface Faulty Passages

To Reduce a Passage that is Overbitten

Etchings from Nature

Etchings to be Studied

The Training of an Etcher

Vulgar Errors about Etching

Printing

Some Notes on Etching Tools

The Illustrations

Of Finish in Etching

BOTH inner hinges are broken and separated

Stamped names and notes on front inner cover

Some thin sheets covering illustrations are missing

Age yellowing and soiling present

Scuffs, rubs and dents to covers and edges

Weak area within binding

I have found no text pages to be missing

SOLD AS IS / AS FOUND

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