Milestones in Colour Printing 1457-1859: With a Bibliography of Nelson Prints

by Bamber Gascoigne

In this book, derived from his 1994 Sandars lectures, Bamber Gascoigne concentrates on those areas in the history of colour printing that have yet to receive critical attention. This broad historical survey covers the intaglio colour printing of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the inventive attempts of nineteenth-century British publishers to achieve cheap, effective colour printing, and the pioneering work of the firm Thomas Nelson and Sons...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521175917
• ISBN13: 9780521175913
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 9.9"