100 pp. Introduction by Nigel Hamway. Edited by Peter Lawrence Illustrated throughout with wood engravings from original blocks (and from line blocks from high-resolution scans in the few instances when these were not available).. Deluxe copy with 37 (of 38) plates of wood engravings in custom cloth and board portfolio. (Folio) 32.5 x 25 cm (12¾x9¾"), tan half-leather with patterned paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Presented in publisher's cloth and board slipcase. Printed on Zerkall paper by Anna Parker and Pat Randle at Whittington Press. No. XIII of 30 deluxe copies in Roman numerals from a total edition of 340. Several of the contemporary wood engravers have signed their work in the portfolio. To mark the Centenary of the Society of Wood Engravers in 2020 Nigel Hamway selected 19 of his favorite wood engravers to submit work honoring a predecessor who influenced them. "Their brief essays on these, taken together, shine a light on the history of wood engraving in the twentieth century and show the handing on of a craft. The outcome is a feast of wood engravings, most printed from the block." - Introduction. Some of the artists presented en face in this edition include Richard Wagener and Robert Motherwell Simon Brett and Derrick Harris, George Tute and John Farleigh Ian Stephens and Thomas Bewick and many others. The historic engraving blocks were leant for this publication from private collectors and museums. The absent plate in the portfolio is Simon Lawrence's insert printed at his Fleece Press.
100 pp. Introduction by Nigel Hamway. Edited by Peter Lawrence Illustrated throughout with wood engravings from original blocks (and from line blocks from high-resolution scans in the few instances when these were not available).. Deluxe copy with 37 (of 38) plates of wood engravings in custom cloth and board portfolio. (Folio) 32.5 x 25 cm (12¾x9¾"), tan half-leather with patterned paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Presented in publisher's cloth and board slipcase. Printed on Zerkall paper by Anna Parker and Pat Randle at Whittington Press. No. XIII of 30 deluxe copies in Roman numerals from a total edition of 340. Several of the contemporary wood engravers have signed their work in the portfolio. To mark the Centenary of the Society of Wood Engravers in 2020 Nigel Hamway selected 19 of his favorite wood engravers to submit work honoring a predecessor who influenced them. "Their brief essays on these, taken together, shine a light on the history of wood engraving in the twentieth century and show the handing on of a craft. The outcome is a feast of wood engravings, most printed from the block." - Introduction. Some of the artists presented en face in this edition include Richard Wagener and Robert Motherwell Simon Brett and Derrick Harris, George Tute and John Farleigh Ian Stephens and Thomas Bewick and many others. The historic engraving blocks were leant for this publication from private collectors and museums. The absent plate in the portfolio is Simon Lawrence's insert printed at his Fleece Press.
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