Gem Engraving antique print from early encyclopedia c1819.

by Rees, Abraham

Tools, equipment and process of engraving a gem.

Original copperplate engraving by W. Blake and W. Lowry from the drawing by Farey for The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature by Abraham Rees (1743-1825). Published c.1819 by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown of Paternoster Row, London.

Rees was a Presbyterian clergyman and scholar who was inspired to produce his encyclopedia during his many years as a reviser of Chamber's Cyclopaedia. Rees commissioned foremost artists and scientific experts in each field for his enormous work.

Page size: 265 x 200mm (10.5 x 8 inches). Lower left corner is absent. Hence the price.