[Rarebooks] FS: 1886 Etching & Etchers, w/original Etchings

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"Etching & Etchers"

By Philip Gilbert Hamerton. Published by Roberts Brothers: 1886. 4th edition.

A very nice copy of a standard Victorian study of the history and
technique of etching. Hamerton, an artist himself, discusses the medium as
a means of artistic expression as well as its’ history through the 19th
century. The text is illustrated with a dozen etchings- 10 by Hamerton
after other important artists, another etching is an original by Hamerton,
and one is an original by Maxime Lalanne. Hardcover. 6.5”x9.5”, xxx + 459
pages, plus 12 original etchings. Publisher’s dark green cloth with gold
decorated cover. Light soil, but a very nice copy. $150.00

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