Wood Engraving

by R. J. Beedham

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WOOD ENGRAVING

By R. JOHN BEEDHAM
WITH INTRODUCTION AND APPENDIX
BY ERIC GILL

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Contents

• [INTRODUCTION TO SECOND EDITION]
• [WOOD-ENGRAVING PAST AND PRESENT]
• [WOOD ENGRAVING]
• [THE WOOD]
• [DRAWING]
• [ENGRAVING]
• [PROOF TAKING]
• [PREPARING BLOCK FOR PRINTER]
• [PLUGGING]
• [APPENDIX]

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Illustrations

• [Wood-cut from The Decameron, Venice, 1492. Re-engraved by R. J. Beedham. By permission of The Shakespeare Head Press]
• [Alphabet, by Reynolds Stone (By permission of Burns, Gates & Washbourne, Ltd.)]
• [From Forrest Reid's Apostate, by Reynolds Stone (By permission of Faber & Faber, Ltd.)]
• [Winter, from a sketch by Verrall, by R. J. Beedham]
• [Strawberry Picking, by Claire Leighton (By permission of Victor Gollancz)]
• [March, by Mrs. G. Raverat]
• [“Miss Jenkyns reading Rasselas,” by Joan Hassall (By permission of George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd.)]
• [The Cottage, by Robert Gibbings]