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A Treatise on Etching. Text and Plates by Maxime Lalanne. Authorized American Edition, translated from the second French edition by S.R. Koehler. With an introductory chapter and notes by the translator.

Written and illustrated by Maxime-François-Antoine Lalanne French
Translator Sylvester Rosa Koehler American
Publisher W. & G. Foyle, Ltd. British

1880

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Title: A Treatise on Etching. Text and Plates by Maxime Lalanne. Authorized American Edition, translated from the second French edition by S.R. Koehler. With an introductory chapter and notes by the translator.

Author: Written and illustrated by Maxime-François-Antoine Lalanne (French, Bordeaux 1827–1886 Nogent-sur-Marne)

Translator: Sylvester Rosa Koehler (American (born Germany) Leipzig 1837–1900 Littleton, New Hampshire)

Publisher: W. & G. Foyle, Ltd. (London)

Date: 1880

Medium: Illustrations: etching, photomechanical process?

Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 7 3/16 x 11/16 in. (24.2 x 18.2 x 1.8 cm)

Classification: Books

Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1976

Accession Number: 1976.619

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Great Britain and Ireland, 1800-1900 A.D.

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