The Origin And Antiquity of Engraving: With Some Remarks On the Utility And ...
The Origin And Antiquity of Engraving: With Some Remarks On the Utility And ...
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As the art of printing engravings be- came better understood, plates of copper began to be used instead of the softer metals ; and, with a press of adequate power and printing ink of sufficient con: sistency, the impressions received their full effe6l. The art then attained, as far as relates to impressions, its third or mature state.
There appears to be no ground for con- je6lure, that Finiguerra ever pra6lised the art for other than Niello-work ; his excel- Digitized by Google 28 THE ORIGIN A...ND lence in which may well cause regret that such was the case.
Excepting the illustrations of an Alma- nac, published at Florence in 1464, the earliest Italian prints, from plates engraved for the purpose of publication and of which the date is ascertained, are three, contained in a book printed and published at Florence, in the year 1477, entitled ''Monte Santo di Dio'' and are the joint performance of two Florentine goldsmiths, Baccio Baldini and Sandro Botticelli, who also engraved the plates for the edition of Dante, published at the same place in 1 48 1.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
As the art of printing engravings be- came better understood, plates of copper began to be used instead of the softer metals ; and, with a press of adequate power and printing ink of sufficient con: sistency, the impressions received their full effe6l. The art then attained, as far as relates to impressions, its third or mature state.
There appears to be no ground for con- je6lure, that Finiguerra ever pra6lised the art for other than Niello-work ; his excel- Digitized by Google 28 THE ORIGIN A...ND lence in which may well cause regret that such was the case.
Excepting the illustrations of an Alma- nac, published at Florence in 1464, the earliest Italian prints, from plates engraved for the purpose of publication and of which the date is ascertained, are three, contained in a book printed and published at Florence, in the year 1477, entitled ''Monte Santo di Dio'' and are the joint performance of two Florentine goldsmiths, Baccio Baldini and Sandro Botticelli, who also engraved the plates for the edition of Dante, published at the same place in 1 48 1.
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