The Art of Etching Among the glories of extant

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The Art of Etching Among the glories of extantThis is the first inexpensive republication of probably the finest work on the techniques of etching, drypoint, soft ground etching, aquatint, and the allied arts. Lumsden, the renowned etcher, Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy, and author of the article on etching technique in the Encyclopaedia Brittanica (14th edition), was unsurpassed in his knowledge of the methods and the background of the art. His work is invaluable for the absolute