Re: Hermathena and Cicero

On May 28, 2010, at 4:55 AM, Conrad Taylor wrote:
> The wood-engraved image is finer in detail than woodcut is, and the
> endgrain can be used to make a very large number of impressions: a
> million copies or more is not impossible. This was the favoured
> imaging technique for the Victorian illustrated newspapers and
> magazines, until the photo-etched zinc plate "process engraving"

Larger, more complex drawings were transferred to clamped-together end  
grain blocks. The blocks were then distributed to different craftsmen  
to carve. The various blocks were then glued together and printed as  
one.

Gunnar
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