Ocherki po istorii i tehnike gravjury. A Survey of Engraving: Its History and Techniques. V 14-ti tetradyah v futlyar-korobke

Mockba / Moscow: Izobrazitelnove Iskusstvo, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. In Russian language, a set of 14 tall quarto softcover volumes in printed wraps constituting separate essays about the history and technique of engraving and of printmaking. 14 notebooks, featuring monochrome, black-and-white, and duotone prints. Housed in a large casebox with brown printed and illustrated paper over cardboard, moderately rubbed, but structurally sound. Published in the Soviet Union in 1987, in Moscow, but with no author or editor listed in English. The chapters cover the following topics and genres: German engraving: 15th and 16th centuries; Netherlandish Engraving: 15th and 16th centuries; Italian engraving: 15th to 18th centuries; French engraving: 15th to 17th centuries; Dutch Engraving: 17th century; English Engraving: 18th century; Western European Engraving: 19th century; Engraving in Western Europe and America: 20th century;Japanese Colour Prints: 17th to 19th centuries; Russian Engraving: 16th and 17th centuries Lubok prints; Russian engraving: 18th to the early 20th century; Soviet prints.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.