THE FINE-ART LIBRARY. EDITED BY JOHN C. L. SPARKES, _Principal of the National Art Training School, South Kensington Museum_. ENGRAVING: _ITS ORIGIN, PROCESSES, AND HISTORY._ BY LE VICOMTE HENRI DELABORDE. TRANSLATED BY R. A. M. STEVENSON. _With an Additional Chapter on English Engraving_, BY WILLIAM WALKER. CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE._ 1886. [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] EDITORIAL NOTE. The author of "La Gravure," of which work the present volume is a translation, has devoted so little attention to English Engraving, that it has been thought advisable to supplement his somewhat inadequate remarks by a special chapter dealing with this subject. In accordance with this view, Mr. William Walker has contributed an account of the rise and progress of the British School of Engraving, which, together with his Chronological Table of the better-known English Engravers, will, we feel sure, add much to the value of the Work in the eyes of English readers. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. THE PROCESSES OF EARLY ENGRAVING. THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGRAVING IN RELIEF. XYLOGRAPHY AND PRINTING WITH MOVABLE TYPE 1 II. PLAYING CARDS. THE DOT MANNER 30 III. FIRST ATTEMPTS AT INTAGLIO ENGRAVING. THE NIELLI OF THE FLORENTINE GOLDSMITHS. PRINTS BY THE ITALIAN AND GERMAN PAINTER-ENGRAVERS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY 49 IV. LINE ENGRAVING AND WOOD ENGRAVING IN GERMANY AND ITALY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 86 V. LINE ENGRAVING AND ETCHING IN THE LOW COUNTRIES, TO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 118 VI. THE BEGINNING OF LINE ENGRAVING AND ETCHING IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND. FIRST ATTEMPTS AT MEZZOTINT. A GLANCE AT ENGRAVING IN EUROPE BEFORE 1660 150 VII. FRENCH ENGRAVERS IN THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV 178 VIII. ENGRAVING IN FRANCE AND IN OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. NEW PROCESSES: STIPPLE, CRAYON, COLOUR, AND AQUATINT 211 IX. ENGRAVING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 248 A CHAPTER ON ENGLISH ENGRAVING 287 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF ENGLISH ENGRAVERS 331 INDEX 343 ENGRAVING. CHAPTER I. THE PROCESSES OF EARLY ENGRAVING. THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGRAVING IN RELIEF. XYLOGRAPHY AND PRINTING WITH MOVABLE TYPE.