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Languages : en
Pages : 286
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A catalogue of rare, curious and valuable old books on sale by Alfred Russell Smith
Author: Alfred Russell SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A Catalogue of Valuable New and Second-hand Books
Author: Willis and SotheranPublisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Bent's Literary Advertiser and Register of Engravings, Works on the Fine Arts
Author: The Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper
Author: Max SchweidlerPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892368358
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Ever since its original publication in Germany in 1938, Max Schweidler's Die Instandetzung von Kupferstichen, Zeichnungen, Buchern usw has been recognized as a seminal modern text on the conservation and restoration of works on paper. To address what he saw as a woeful dearth of relevant literature and in order to assist those who have 'set themselves the goal of preserving cultural treasures, ' the noted German restorer composed a thorough technical manual covering a wide range of specific techniques, including detailed instructions on how to execute structural repairs and alterations that, if skilfully done, can be virtually undetectable. By the mid-twentieth century, curators and conservators of graphic arts, discovering a nearly invisible repair in an old master print or drawing, might comment that the object had been 'Schweidlerized.' This volume, based on the authoritative revised German edition of 1949, makes Schweidler's work available in English for the first time, in a meticulously edited and annotated critical edition. The editor's introduction places the work in its historical context and probes the philosophical issues the book raises, while some two hundred annotati
Engravings and Their Value
Author: John Herbert SlaterPublisher: London : L.U. Gill
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Category : Engravers
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
Illustrated Catalogue of the Valuable Library Formed by the Late M.C.D. Borden, Esq
Author: Matthew Chaloner Durfee BordenPublisher:
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, and Engravings Belonging to William Menzies of New York
Author: William MenziesPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The Connoisseur
Author: The Renaissance Print, 1470-1550
Author: David LandauPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300068832
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Through an examination of material and institutional circumstances, through the study of work shop practices and of technical and aesthetic experimentation, this book seeks to give an account of the ways in which Renaissance prints were realized, distributed, acquired, and handled by their public.
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 864
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