line engraving

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He gave it last week to Thomas W. Nason of Reading, Mass. for a finicky line engraving of two hayricks, a barn, a dying oak tree.

From Time Magazine Archive

The compass card, made from a line engraving, is identical in each of the three examples.

From Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers by Bedini, Silvio A.

Jackson was interested in broad effects even when leaning heavily on the delicate linear conventions of line engraving.

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Kainen, Jacob

All methods of relief plate photo-engraving come under two general heads: "Half-tone" and "line engraving," the latter being very generally known as "zinc etching."

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.

It appeared as though line engraving could not keep pace with the ever-growing demand for pictures, and was therefore combined with stipple to facilitate production.

From Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes by Kirkbride, Joseph