On the Processes for the Production of Ex Libris (Book-Plates)
By John Vinycomb , M.R.I.A.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland President of the Belfast Art Society, 1891-92 Member of Council of the Ex Libris Society
Reprinted from the Journal of the Ex Libris Society with additional illustrations.
LONDON :
A. & C. BLACK, Soho Square 1894
TO ARTHUR VICARS, F.S.A., ULSTER KING OF ARMS
A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EX LIBRIS SOCIETY AND AN EMINENT COLLECTOR
I RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE THIS LITTLE BOOK.
John Vinycomb
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
Introductory.
WOOD ENGRAVING.
MODERN WOOD ENGRAVING.
MATERIALS AND MODE OF PROCEEDING.
1.—LINE ENGRAVING.
2.—ETCHING.
3.—SOFT-GROUND ETCHING.
4.—AQUATINT ENGRAVING.
5.—MEZZOTINT ENGRAVING.
6.—STIPPLE ENGRAVING.
LITHOGRAPHY.
CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHY.
PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY.
PROCESS BLOCKS.
LINE WORK.
HALF-TONE PROCESS BLOCKS.
PEN AND INK DRAWING.
TO DISTINGUISH A LITHOGRAPH.
“AU REVOIR.”