Evelyn (John) Sculptura; or, the History and Art of Chalcography, and Engraving in Copper, second edition, engraved portrait, plate and folding mezzotint, plates a little spotted and offset, small stain/tear to fore-edge of F1, contemporary sprinkled calf, red roan label, rubbed, spine chipped at head, J.Payne, 1755.
⁂ Originally published in 1662 this was the first book in English to describe the process of mezzotint engraving and to include a mezzotint print, 'The Executioner' by Prince Rupert of the Rhine after Ribera. Mezzotint was invented by Ludwig von Siegen in the 1640s and the process was developed and brought to England by Prince Rupert, whom Evelyn credited with the invention. This edition includes 'The Little Executioner', a greatly reduced copy of Rupert's version.
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