The John Crerar Library
A list of Books on the History of Industry and industrial Arts

440 BOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF INDUSTRY Burr, Frederic M . L760.9203 B94 02376 Life and works of Alexander Anderson, M.D., the first American wood engraver. By Frederic M. Burr, .... Three portraits of Dr. Anderson, and over thirty engravings by himself. New York, Burr Brothers, 1893. x, [n]-2io p. ind. illus., plates, front, (port.) 26cm. “Only 725 copies of this work have been printed. This copy is no. 170.” App. A. Autobiography of Dr. Anderson.—App. B. Extracts from Dr. Anderson’s diary for ... 1795-1798. Chatto, William Andrew. C39 90040 A treatise on wood engraving, historical and practical, by Wil- liam Andrew Chatto. With upwards of four hundred illustrations engraved on wood by John Jackson. A new edition with an ad- ditional chapter by Henry G. Bohn. London, Chatto and Win- dus, [1881]. xvi, 664 p. front., illus. 27cm. First edition published in 1839 without Chatto’s name on the title-page. “A dispute followed between Jackson and Chatto as to their respective shares in the credit of producing it. I he project was Jackson’s; the subjects were selected by him, and he contributed some of the historical matter, bore the cost of production, and engraved the illustrations. The whole was edited and brought into shape by Chatto. ” — Dictionary of national biography. Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864. L761 C391 92996 A treatise on wood engraving, historical and practical. With up- wards of three hundred illustrations, engraved on wood, by John Jackson. London, C. Knight and Co., 1839. xvi, 749, [3] p. illus., 4 pl. (1 col.), i port., I fold. map. 27°“. Preface signed: W. A. Chatto. Conway, Sir William Martin. 37624 The woodcutters of the Netherlands in the fifteenth century. In three parts : I. History of the woodcutters. II. Catalogue of the woodcuts. Hi. List of the books containing woodcuts. By Wil- liam Martin Conway. Cambridge, University Press, 1884. xvii> [2], 359 P- 23cm. Contents. pts. 1—11. 1. Wood cuts from the block-books. 2. Louvain, Utrecht, and Bruges (1475-1484) 3. Leeu’s early workmen at Gouda and Antwerp (1480-1491) 4. The Haarlem woodcutter and his school (1483-1500) 5. Foreign woodcuts used by Leeu and others (1485, 1491) 6. Zwolle (1484-1500) 7. Delft (1477-1498) 8. Brussels and Louvain (1484-1496) 9. Gouda, Deventer, Leyden, and Schoonhoven (1486-1500) 10. Late Antwerp woodcuts (1487-1500)—pt. in. List of the books containing woodcuts: Block-books. Presses.—Appendix: Audenarde and Ghent (1480- 1490)