Author: Lyons & HartPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Rare and Valuable Collection of Modern and Old Engravings, Etchings and Drawings
Author: Lyons & HartValuable Old Engravings & Drawings
Author: Sotheby's (Firm)The Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper
Author: Max SchweidlerPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892368358
Category : Books
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
Catalogue of a Large Collection of Valuable Engravings, Including Examples of Ancient and Modern Art in All Classes, Rare British Portraits ..., Several of the Admired Works of Sir E. Landseer, Esq. and Others in the Choicest Proof State, Other Valuable Modern Engravings, Curious Old Drawings, Several Very Interesting Series of Illustrations, Including a Very Copiously Illustrated Life of C. Mathews, a Few Paintings, Etc. : which Will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson ... 191, Piccadilly, on Wednesday, November 9th, 1853, and Following Day
Author: Puttick and SimpsonCollection of Valuable Engravings Belonging to Alfred C. Lambdin, Esq., of Philadelphia
Author: Stan. V. Henkels (Firm)Publisher:
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Category : Engraving
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Rare Old Engravings, Modern Etchings, Original Drawings, Water Colors, Oil Paintings
Author: C.F. Libbie & CoRare and Valuable Oil Paintings & Drawings
Author: R. Pike, OxfordA Catalogue of Old, Rare and Curious Books
Author: George E. Littlefield (Firm)Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
Author: J. Odell, London
Author: G.R. Leonard & Co