The Seductive Art, The British Passion for Etching, 1850–1950

2001, a fully illustrated bio-bibliography catalogue

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Printing Details

First edition. Large paperback. 27.5 × 21.5cm, unpaginated.

Issued as a lavishly illustrated, softcover catalogue, it serves as a visual summary and essential bio-bibliographical guide to the golden era of modern British printmaking—tracing the narrative through the Etching Revival, the explosive Etching Boom of the 1920s, the Wall Street crash, and the movement’s post-war aftermath. The catalogue covers over 300 printmakers, with nearly 800 etchings illustrated and described, and arranged in 25 chronological and thematic chapters based on art schools, circles, and movements.

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A good copy, with light wear to the cover's edges and light tanning to the page edges but essentially a sound, readable copy. Private view invitation loosely inserted.