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This book contains the history of the Woodburytype, the first successful photo-mechanical printing process. It also includes a biography of the inventor, Walter Bentley Woodbury, who was an important photographer in Australia and on the island of Java in the 1860s as well as in his native England. 10 x 7; 212 pages; Illustrated; Bibliography; Appendices; Index; ISBN 978-1-887694-28-5 Cloth $45. Shrink wrapped direct from the publisher. A few signed copies available without shrink wrap. Aesthetically beautiful, permanent and infinitely reproducible, the Woodburytype was the first process used extensively to photographically illustrate books. This is the first book on the topic. Oliver's research into the Woodburytype grew out of an extensive working knowledge of early photographic technology and his successful experiments in reproducing Woodburytype prints. "Clearly, Barret Oliver's ... extensively illustrated book displays a thorough understanding of a complicated process and its antecedents, of its… Read More

This book contains the history of the Woodburytype, the first successful photo-mechanical printing process. It also includes a biography of the inventor, Walter Bentley Woodbury, who was an important photographer in Australia and on the island of Java in the 1860s as well as in his native England. 10 x 7; 212 pages; Illustrated; Bibliography; Appendices; Index; ISBN 978-1-887694-28-5 Cloth $45. Shrink wrapped direct from the publisher. A few signed copies available without shrink wrap. Aesthetically beautiful, permanent and infinitely reproducible, the Woodburytype was the first process used extensively to photographically illustrate books. This is the first book on the topic. Oliver's research into the Woodburytype grew out of an extensive working knowledge of early photographic technology and his successful experiments in reproducing Woodburytype prints. "Clearly, Barret Oliver's ... extensively illustrated book displays a thorough understanding of a complicated process and its antecedents, of its… Read More