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Show FOREWOR he Chicago Society of Etchers presents to it associate members, inaseries of publication issued annually, a brief but authoritativ survey of the various fields of etching Cities, bridges, Jandscapes and now figures form th to je phsaccompanied by origsu thefou monogr ina signed etchings by active memgexs of the So ciety. These are selected by jury from plates mad for and purchased by the Society, two hundred an fifty copies printed and plate destroyed T he etching accompanying this book is by Willia Auerbach Levy and is entitled, Torah, a Hebre ‘word meaning the study of all religious law and duty, and represents a Hebrew scholar poring over hi book This publication is the entire workof Dard Hunter Marlborough-on-Hudson. The paper was made b 'him especially for thisbook, each sheet separately i ahand-mould. The steel punches for the type wer cutbyhim, the matricesstruckand thetype castin ld gwas done ona hand-press The printi hand-mo These methods are practically the same as thos used by printers at the time of AlbrechtDiirer Inanexhaustivestudyof paper-makingand typogra phy, Mr.Hunter bas never seen mention of a bool producedinwhich paper,typeand printingwere the Digital image© 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights reserved |