Printing process that produces images in line and with little tonal quality; the plate, usually of copper, is incised using a burin, the slight burr produced is scraped away, and the plate is inked for intaglio printing. OCA
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14yrs ago
Author:
Goodwin, Francis
Illustrator:
Goodwin, Francis
Publisher:
Longman & Co.
Contributor:
Leeds, W. H.
Auctioneer:
Langford and Son
Auctioneer:
Langford, Abraham
Illustrator:
Banck, Jan van der
Chambars, Thomas
Author:
Menestrier, Claude François
Publisher:
Vallet, Guillaume
Printer:
Colin, Louis
Illustrator:
Calvert, Edward
Contributor:
Lister, Raymond
Publisher:
Golden Head Press
Printer:
R. I. Severs Ltd.
Printer:
Cotswold Collotype Co. Ltd.
Editor:
Coppard, A. E.
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Printer:
Gibbings, Robert John
Printer:
Gibbings, Moira
Printer:
Churchill, George
Author:
Nash, Paul
Author:
Low, David
Author:
Gibbings, Robert John
Author:
Kennington, Eric Henri
Author:
Spencer, Stanley
Author:
Sullivan, Edmund Joseph
Author:
Fry, Roger Eliot
Author:
Dyson, Will
Author:
Smith, Percy John
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Publisher:
Sandford, Christopher
Publisher:
Newbery, Francis J.
Publisher:
Rutter, Owen
Binder (person):
Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Author:
Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Designer:
Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Illustrator:
Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Publisher:
Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Printer:
Ballantyne Press
Author:
Virgil
Illustrator:
Lister, Raymond
Illuminator:
Lister, Raymond
Illuminator:
Lister, Pamela
Printer:
R. I. Severs Ltd.
Publisher:
Golden Head Press
Binder (person):
John P. Gray and Sons
Publisher:
Grolier Club, The
Printer:
George Grady Press
Illustrator:
Ruzicka, Rudolph
Designer:
Ruzicka, Rudolph
Typographer:
Ruzicka, Rudolph
Designer:
Ruzicka, Veronica
Author:
Algarotti, Francesco, conte
Illustrator:
Morghen, Raffaello
Publisher:
Palese, Carlo
Printmaker:
Audran, Karl
Printmaker:
Bailliu or Bailleul, Pieter de
Printmaker:
Bloemaert, Cornelis
Printmaker:
Comin, Joan
Printmaker:
Greuter, Johann Friedrich
Draughtsman:
Lanfranco, Giovanni
(After)
Printmaker:
Matham, Theodor
Printmaker:
Mellan, Claude
Printmaker:
Natalis, Michel
Draughtsman:
Pape or Paepe, Joos, Josse or Jodocus de
(After)
Draughtsman:
Perrier, François (le Bourguignon)
(After)
Printmaker:
Persyn, Reinier van
Draughtsman:
Sandrart, Joachim I von
(After)
Draughtsman:
Spierincks, Karel Philips
(After)
Printmaker:
Valesio, Giovanni Luigi
Printmaker:
Audran, Karl
Printmaker:
Bailliu or Bailleul, Pieter de
Printmaker:
Bloemaert, Cornelis
Printmaker:
Comin, Joan
Printmaker:
Greuter, Johann Friedrich
Engraver:
Guidi, Giovanni Citosibio
Draughtsman:
Lanfranco, Giovanni
(After)
Printmaker:
Matham, Theodor
Printmaker:
Mellan, Claude
Printmaker:
Natalis, Michel
Draughtsman:
Pape or Paepe, Joos, Josse or Jodocus de
(After)
Perrier, François (le Bourguignon)
(After)
Printmaker:
Persyn, Reinier van
Draughtsman:
Ruggieri, Giovanni Battista
(After)
Draughtsman:
Sandrart, Joachim I von
(After)
Draughtsman:
Spierincks, Karel Philips
(After)
Printmaker:
Valesio, Giovanni Luigi
Editor:
Warner, Francis
Publisher:
Golden Head Press
Printer:
R. I. Severs Ltd.
Author:
Randle, John
Illustrator:
Reckitt, Rachel
Publisher:
Matrix
Author:
Marlowe, Christopher
Illustrator:
Sandford, Lettice
Publisher:
Golden Hours Press
Printer:
Chiswick Press
Designer:
Sandford, Christopher
Designer:
Newbery, Francis J.
Author:
Apuleius, Lucius
Translator:
Adlington, William
Illustrator:
Sandford, Lettice
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Printer:
Sandford, Christopher
Printer:
Newbery, Francis J.
Printmaker:
Unknown
Draughtsman:
Fores, Samuel William
(After)
Painter:
Gear, Joseph C.
(After)
Printmaker: Unknown
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