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 49
GENERAL INFORMATION, ETC. 35 is, however, usually pressed forward with the thumb and forefinger, the former either resting against the side or on the top, thus acting as a lever and a check to ‘‘slips” at the same time« The accompanying illustration. Fig. 15, showing the thumb on the block, will,… … Fig. 15. — Showing Method of holding Block while cutting. their being very expensive, owing to the pieces having to be “ bolted ” together (box-trees being always very small), the operator would in all probability get tired of his work, and conse- quently “ scamp ” it. When large illustrations are…
Wood-engraving
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