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MODERN BOOKILLUSTRATION


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MODERN BOOK ILLUSTRATIONA FEW EXAMPLES OFHALFTONE PROCESS


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SNOW SCENEPhotofrom Nature byMrs. Rowland B. French,Brookline, Mass.200 Screen


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MODERN BOOKILLUSTRATIONA FEW EXAMPLES OFHALFTONE PROCESS

ENGRAVED BYJAMES S. CONANT COMPANY

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LIBRARY of CONGRESSTwo Copies ReceivedAPR 80 1906"opy right Entry ,SS Co XXc, No,COPY B.

Copyright, 1906,BY

JAMES S.CONANT COMPANY

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m^Tofewof^d1 HE field of illustrated books is enlarging; so rapidly, and thepublic becoming so discriminating, that the publisher has morethan ever to consider quality in illustrations. Mere copies ofpictures such as are produced generally by engravers of commer-cial work will not fill present demands. The hand and eye ofthe trained artist are necessary. The JAMES S. CONANTCOMPANY have always made a specialty of the highest gradeof halftone reproductions and take pleasure in submitting a fewspecimens of their recent engravings. They call attention inparticular to the 200 screen reproductions, these showing moredetail than possible with the 150 screen usually employed, andyet not losing brilliancy in effect. This class of art work isparticularly advised where the best in quality of bookmaking isconsidered. This work will have the supervision of Mr. Wm. JayDana, whose high standing as an artist and as an engraver is wellknown, and it is hoped the benefit of his suggestions in matterspertaining to the selection of originals, to retouching, to the re-etching and hand engraving of halftone plates will be of materialassistance to those calling upon us. Correspondence or personalinterviews with publishers and others interested in the best halftoneillustrations is solicited.

JAMES S. CONANT COMPANY125 SUMMER STREET : BOSTON


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THE VIOLIN PLAYERFrom a drawing of Howard Pylc in" The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table "By courtesy ofHoughton, Mifflin, & Co.200 Screen



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SUMMER, MEDFIELD, MASS.By George hmessReproducedfrom photographby courtesy of R. C. ^ose, Boston200 Screen



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TITANIAReproducedfromcopper plate etchingBy courtesi' ofDana, Esles & Co.200 Screen



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ROUEN: THE GREAT CLOClBy courtesy ofThe University Press, Cambridge



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KATHERINE OF FRANCEReproducedfrom a photogravure printBy courtesy of Dana, Estes S" Co.200 Screen



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JTHE SEASONSReproduced from a photogravure printBy courtesy ofThe University Press, Cambridge175 ScreenPlate re-etched and engraved



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SPECIMENShowing hand engraving ofhalftone plate



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The above illustration and that on the opposite page showhand engraving of halftone plates. The attention of pub-lishers of text-books is invited to this particular manner oftreatment, inasmuch as such plates will print with perfectresults upon any ordinary super-calendered paper. Theseexamples were printed in " Elementary English Composition,"published by Allyn & Bacon, Boston, and are shown withtheir permission.175 Screen



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MOTHER AND CHILDReproducedfrom pri^e photograph, 1 90 jBy courtesy ofArtm Studio, Boston175 Screen



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LINE ENGRAVINGEtched on Anc



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