How to Identify Old Prints Tapa dura - 1969

George Bell & Sons, London, 1970 reprint of 1969 first edition. Cloth, 4to, 26 cm,. 192 pp, 105 plates, ills, facs. From the blurb: "The tremendous resurgence of interest in old European prints has found collectors, dealers and students inadequately provided with accessible, comprehensive reference material, and Mr. Wilder's book makes good this deficiency in an eminently readable but essentially practical fashion. The first chapter, Some Hints to Collectors, gives, in fourteen sub-sections, a vast amount of information which is the distillate of the author's own fifty-five years of experience. It comprises: Summary of origin and processes, Prices and fashions, Reference books, Reprints and copies, Paper and watermarks, Repaired prints, Platemarks, Borderlines, Margins and inscriptions, Measurements, States, Falsification of states, Abbreviations, and Collectors. This is followed by Woodcut Line-Engraving, Northern), Line-Engraving in Italy, Line-Engraving in France, Line-Engraving… Leer más

London: G.Bell and Sons, 1970 This book covers a span of some five and a half centuries and the reader is well served, both historically and technically. The author was for many years the print expert at Sothebys. 192pp with 105 full page plates in black and white.

Bell Publishing. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

G. Bell, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/good. print prices current 1918-1939 Picture Prices 1935-1937 dust jacket has tears at top book in VG shape

G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, London, first edition, 1969. Cloth, small 4to,. 192 pp, 105 ills. From the blurb: "The tremendous resurgence of interest in old European prints has found collectors, dealers and students inadequately provided with accessible, comprehensive reference material, and Mr. Wilder's book makes good this deficiency in an eminently readable but essentially practical fashion. The first chapter, Some Hints to Collectors, gives, in fourteen sub-sections, a vast amount of information which is the distillate of the author's own fifty-five years of experience. It comprises: Summary of origin and processes, Prices and fashions, Reference books, Reprints and copies, Paper and watermarks, Repaired prints, Platemarks, Borderlines, Margins and inscriptions, Measurements, States, Falsification of states, Abbreviations, and Collectors. This is followed by Woodcut Line-Engraving, Northern), Line-Engraving in Italy, Line-Engraving in France, Line-Engraving in Britain, Etching, Mezzotint,… Leer más

London : Bell, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 192 pages 105 plates, illustrations, facsimiles 26 cm. Subjects; Prints -- History. Prints -- Technique.

Bell, 1969. Hardcover. Good.

The tremendous interest in old European prints has found collectors, dealers and students inadequately provided with accessible, comprehensive reference material, and Mr. Wilder's book makes good on this deficiency in an eminently readable but essentially a practical fashion.

Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] London : G. Bell & Sons, 1969. Hardcover in dust jacket. 4to. 192 pages with an additional section of ninety-five plates. A well-illustrated survey intended for the collector with individual chapters on woodcut, line-engraving, line-engraving, etching, mezzotint, stipple, aquatint, lithography, printing, colour-printing, hand-coloured prints, lost processes, etc. Includes instruction on how to identify reprints and copies, as well as paper and watermarks, repaired prints, plate marks, borderlines, margins and inscriptions, falsification of states, etc. Bound in original green cloth, red label with gilt bands and gilt title on spine. Very good condition with no marks, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (yj)

G. Bell, 1969. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. New/Near Fine.