Search Results: practical hints on decorative printing with by savage william

[1], [1 blank], "vi" [= viii], 118 (lacking 101-102), [10] pp. plus the plates and the 1818 notice.First and only edition of a beautiful, important and much sought practical manual of "decorative" printing (fine printing, colour printing, decorative ornament and illustration) compiled by the English printer and wood-engraver William Savage (1770-1843). It discusses printing presses, presswork (including the first clear and detailed description of make-ready), ink, types, paper and especially colour printing from multiple woodblocks, and is an essential reference for practicing fine printers, for the study of early 19th-century practice and for anyone with a practical, historical or bibliophile interest in colour printing. It is a pioneering work of colour printing, showing the author's latest experimental techniques and materials. The wood-engraved illustration plates, some from designs by A.W. Callcott, John Varley, John Thurston, (Thomas?) Willemont and W.H. Brooke, show a wide variety of subjects… Read More

London: Published for the Proprietor by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 [1823]. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 227 COPIES. 288 x 220 mm. (11 3/8 x 8 5/8"). 3 p.l., vi, [2], 100, [8], [103]-118 pp., [2] leaves. Pleasing 20th century rich green crushed morocco, gilt-framed covers and smooth spine, gilt lettering to spine, edges untrimmed. In a burgundy calf-backed clamshell box (meant for this book, but for some reason substantially larger), green morocco title label on spine. WITH 60 ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS, as called for in Abbey, 48 PRINTED IN COLORS, including decorative title page, dedication with Earl Spencer's coat of arms, six plates with a total of 18 color ink specimens, two type specimen plates, four engravings of printing presses (Columbian Press in two states, one before letters), nine defaced plates printed recto-verso, and six headpieces, three color printed, 28 engraved plates printed in colors: five in a single block, six in two to four blocks, 14 in five to nine blocks, and three… Read More