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America on stone; the other printmakers to the American people; a chronicle of American lithography other than that of Currier & Ives, from its beginning, shortly before 1820, to the years when the commercial single-stone hand-colored lithograph disappeared from the American scene.

Title
America on stone; the other printmakers to the American people; a chronicle of American lithography other than that of Currier & Ives, from its beginning, shortly before 1820, to the years when the commercial single-stone hand-colored lithograph disappeared from the American scene. [By] Harry T. Peters.
Author
Peters, Harry Twyford, 1881-1948.
Publication
[Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran and Company, inc., c1931]

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Description
415 p., 1 ℓ. mounted illus., plates (part col.; part mounted) ports., facsims. (part mounted); 32 cm.
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Note
  • Added t.-p. illustrated in colors.
  • "A prologue, being a survey of the field as a whole, followed by the alphabetical list of the artists, lithographers, publishers and craftsmen who built up America on stone in lithographs, being a collector's notes on their lives, times and activities, gathering together as much as possible of their stories from all sources; illustrated with 18 colored and 136 black and white plates, together with numerous other illustrations showing examples of the work of more than 100 different craftsmen from every part of America."
  • "This book here first printed in an edition of 751 copies of which 676 are for sale ..."
Bibliography (note)
  • "Checklist of books, pamphlets, and articles": p. 413-415.
Call Number
IAG+ (Peters, H. T. America on stone)
LCCN
31033726
OCLC
1244815
Author
Peters, Harry Twyford, 1881-1948.
Title
America on stone; the other printmakers to the American people; a chronicle of American lithography other than that of Currier & Ives, from its beginning, shortly before 1820, to the years when the commercial single-stone hand-colored lithograph disappeared from the American scene. [By] Harry T. Peters.
Imprint
[Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran and Company, inc., c1931]
Bibliography
"Checklist of books, pamphlets, and articles": p. 413-415.
Research Call Number
IAG+ (Peters, H. T. America on stone)
MDP+ (Peters, H. T. America on stone)
Desk MDT+ (Peters, H. T. America on stone)
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