teel-faced, but the facing cannot be
renewed, as it cannot be removed. The zinc plate on which Mr. Lansil's
little etching, given in this volume, is executed, was steel-faced. It
is feasible also, the electrotypers tell me, to deposit a thin coating
of copper on the zinc first, and then to superimpose a coating of steel.
In that case the steel-facing can be renewed as long as the
copper-facing under it remains intact.
LIST OF WORKS ON THE PRACTICE AND HISTORY OF ETCHING.[E]
[E] This list is very far from being complete, especially in the last
section, "Individual Artists." I have made a few additions, which have
been marked by an asterisk. Those who desire to pursue the subject
will find a very full bibliographical list in J. E. WESSELY'S
_Anleitung zur Kenntniss und zum Sammeln der Werke des Kunstdruckes_,
Leipzig, Weigel, 1876, p. 279 et seq.--_Translator._
A. TECHNICAL TREATISES.
_De la gravure en taille-douce, a l'eau-forte et au burin_, ensemble la
maniere d'en imprimer les planches et d'en construire la presse, par
ABRAHAM BOSSE. Paris, 1645.
_Traite des manieres de graver en taille-douce sur l'airain_ par le
moyen des eaux-fortes et des vernis durs et mols, par le s. ABRAHAM
BOSSE, augmente de la nouvelle maniere dont se sert M. LECLERC, graveur
du roi. Paris, 1701.
* _De la maniere de graver a l'eau-forte_ et au burin, et de la
gravure en maniere noir ... par ABRAHAM BOSSE. Nouvelle edition....
Paris, 1758. Small 8vo. Ill.
* _Die Kunst in Kupfer zu stechen_ sowohl mittelst des Aetzwassers als
mit dem Grabstichel ... durch ABRAHAM BOSSE.... Aus dem Franzoesischen
ins Deutsche uebersetzt. Dresden, 1765. Small 8vo. Ill.
_The Art of Graveing and Etching_, wherein is exprest the true Way of
Graveing in Copper; allso the Manner and Method of that famous Callot,
and M. Bosse, in their several Ways of Etching. Published by WILLIAM
FAITHORNE. London, 1662. 8vo. Ill.
_Idee de la gravure_, par M. DE M * * *. Without place or date. 12mo.
(This essay appeared originally in the "Mercure" for April, 1756, and
was afterwards printed separately. See, also, in the "Mercure" for 1755,
a notice, announcing the publication of a print by de Marcenay de Ghuy
after the elder Parrocel. This notice was also printed separately.)
_Idee de la gravure_ ... par M. DE MARCENAY DE GHUY. Paris, 1764. In-4
de 16 et 10 pag. (This is a second edition of the work last mentioned.)
* _Anleitung zur Aetzkunst
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