Graphik Vergleichs-Sammlung.
Vienna: 1978. Quarto. Second enlarged edition. (230)pp. Brimming with original illustrations in various media, including pen and ink, graphite, engraving, and watercolor, some signed and colored, plus a mounted copper plate. The illustrations are then presented as reproductions in tandem with text descriptions, thus providing a unique work explicating different reproduction techniques. Fiedler covers well-known methods used between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as unusual techniques of reproduction like ivory prints, etchings on silk, engraving on vellum, natural printing, and Japanese color woodcuts. The result is a rich reference book. Bound in faux leather with gilt lettering. Split along rear hinge, else fine. Item #29959
Price: $3,500.00