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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning and marking due to age. Year 1928. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> HE scope of this work is the whole de- THE velopment of the art of Wood-Engraving from block-books playing-cards devotional prints and early book-illustrations through special chapters on D?rer and Bewick pass- ing hurriedly over the reproductive wood- engraving in the last century to the modern woodcut as practised by leading and diverse artists to-day. Himself a woodcut artist of note Mr. Bliss draws upon his practical ex- perience in stating opinions which are always fresh vigorous and interesting; and the ex- amples he has chosen for reproduction form a representative and illuminating collection of the art in all periods. Full advantage has been taken on the historical side of the latest researches hitherto only accessible in scat- tered form; there is an introductory essay on technique in the various periods and a bibliography of books on the subject. (MP)