Looking at Old Prints

Booth, John

1st edition hardback, signed dedication to previous owner by author on title page. An excellent copy, clean and unmarked in similar dj. Foreword by Marquess of Bath. Illustrated with 70 prints in b&w and colour, this is a guide to hand worked techniques of the early print makers and the methods used to print them. There are suggestions for the intending collector on what to buy and how to look after and conserve old prints, and valuable information on their possible investment value and how to recognise reproductions and fakes. The scope of subject matter is wide. There are prints on people, places, the famous and infamous + prints on sport and pastimes, birds, beasts, flowers and early travel by land and sea. The main section reviews prints from the author's own extensive selection.

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