
The Invention of Lithography
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1911]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- THE INVENTION OF LITHOGRAPHY
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- PREFACE
- SECTION I HISTORY OF STONE-PRINTING
- PART I FROM 1796 TO 1800
- PART II FROM 1800 TO 1806
- PART III FROM 1806 TO 1817
- SECTION II TEXT-BOOK OF PRINTING FROM THE STONE
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER I OF THE STONES
- I
- II POLISHING
- III SORTING AND STORING
- CHAPTER II OF INK, CRAYON, ETCHING, AND COLOR
- I CHEMICAL INK
- MAKING THE CHEMICAL INK
- II HARD BORAX INK
- III FLUID INK
- IV TRANSFER INK
- V HARD ETCHING GROUND
- VI SOFT ETCHING GROUND
- VII ACID PROOF INK
- VIII CRAYON
- IX CONCERNING COLOR FOR PRINTING
- X RUBBING-UP INK
- CHAPTER III CONCERNING ACIDS AND OTHER MATERIALS
- I GENERAL PROPERTIES OF ACIDS
- II THE ACIDS SPECIFICALLY
- III GUM AS THE REAL PREPARATION
- IV CONCERNING PARTIAL PREPARATION
- V SHORT REVIEW OF THE PRECEDING
- CHAPTER IV THE NECESSARY TOOLS AND APPLIANCES
- I CONCERNING STEEL PENS
- II CONCERNING BRUSHES
- III CONCERNING ENGRAVING NEEDLES
- IV CONCERNING THE DRAWING-MACHINE
- V CONCERNING OTHER APPLIANCES
- CHAPTER V CONCERNING PAPER
- I TRANSPARENT PAPER, AND THE TRANSFER OF OUTLINES TO THE STONE
- II WASTE PAPER
- III PRINTING-PAPER
- IV DAMPENING THE PAPER
- CHAPTER VI PRESSES
- I PROPERTIES OF A GOOD PRESS
- II APPLICATION OF BOOK- AND COPPER-PLATE PRESSES TO LITHOGRAPHY
- III LITHOGRAPHIC PRESSES USED HITHERTO
- IV THE LEVER PRESS
- V THE CYLINDER PRESSES
- VI GYRATING SCRAPER AND DOUBLE LEVER PRESSES
- VII THE OTHER STONE PRINTING-PRESSES
- PART II CONCERNING THE VARIOUS METHODS
- CHAPTER I RELIEF METHOD
- I BRUSH AND PEN WORK
- II THE CRAYON METHOD
- III TRANSFER AND TRACING
- IV CONCERNING THE WOOD-CUT STYLE
- V TWO KINDS OF TOUCHE DRAWING
- VI THE SPATTER METHOD
- VII TOUCHE WITH SEVERAL PLATES
- VIII COLOR-PRINTING WITH MANY PLATES
- IX GOLD AND SILVER PRINTING
- CHAPTER II INTAGLIO METHOD
- I THE LINE ENGRAVED STYLE
- II THE ETCHED METHOD
- III DESIGN WITH PREPARING INK, COMBINED WITH SPATTERED AQUATINT
- IV AQUATINT IN COPPER-PLATE STYLES AND WITH ETCHING-GROUND
- V AQUATINT THROUGH CRAYON GROUND
- VI INTAGLIO CRAYON AND TRACED DESIGNS
- VII TOUCHE DRAWING WITH ETCHING INK
- CHAPTER III MIXED METHODS
- I PEN DESIGN COMBINED WITH ENGRAVING
- II INTAGLIO DESIGN WITH RELIEF TINT
- III INTAGLIO AND RELIEF WITH SEVERAL PLATES
- IV TRANSFORMING RELIEF INTO INTAGLIO AND VICE VERSA
- EXAMPLE I To etch a transfer into intaglio
- EXAMPLE II To etch into intaglio a design made with chemical fatty ink or crayon
- EXAMPLE III To etch into intaglio any design etched into relief
- EXAMPLE IV To change an intaglio design into relief for easier printing
- APPENDIX
- I PRINTING WITH WATER AND OIL COLORS SIMULTANEOUSLY
- II SIMULTANEOUS CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL PRINTING
- EXAMPLE
- III USE OF THE STONE FOR COTTON-PRINTING THROUGH WIPING. A UNIQUE PRINTING PROCESS
- IV COLOR PRINT WITH WIPING
- V OIL-PAINTING PRINT THROUGH TRANSFER
- VI STONE-PAPER
- VII CHEMICAL PRINT ON METAL PLATES
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