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The All-American Map: Wax Engraving and Its Influence on Cartography
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ISBN: 0226907252
Author: University of Chicago Press
First edition. Combining the potential for detail of copperplate engraving with the versatility of wood engraved blocks, the wax-engraving process was widely used in nineteenth and early twentieth century American maps and atlases. The author describes the technique, interviews craftsmen, and comments on it as a style. Appendix, bibliography, chapter notes and index. xvi, 168 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. small 8vo..
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The All-American Map: Wax Engraving and Its Influence on Cartography

