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A practical manual of wood engraving : with a brief account of the history of the art (1886)

Brown, William Norman · London : C. Lockwood and Co. · leaf 36

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utting along both sides of all lines which it is intended to leave in the “ cut or illustration. Fig. 6 gives a nearly full-size view of a graver, of which the upper part A is the back, B the face of the tool, c the point, and D the belly or lower part. The point of the thinnest among the gravers… … should, by the way, Fig, 7. — Showing Large and be covered with cloth Small Sized Gravers. or green baize. These handles can be obtained at most tool warehouses for one penny each. The gravers should range variously at their points between those shown in Fig. 7, which represents a thick and a thin…

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