Thesaurus Printing and Publishing Evidence
Term Engraved books
Hierarchy [Special shapes, sizes and kinds of books]
SN Use for books in which the text has been printed entirely or chiefly from intaglio plates. Do not use for books consisting entirely or chiefly of maps, music, or illustrative material.
UF Books, Engraved
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Proposed Term: Engraved books
Thesaurus: Printing & Publishing Evidence
Submitted by: Sandra F. Carpenter
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Hierarchy: Special shapes, sizes and kinds of books
Proposed SN:
Use for books in which text or text and pictures have been printed entirely, or almost entirely, from intaglio plates. Do not use for volumes consisting chiefly or wholly of engraved maps, music, or illustrative material.
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Blumenthal, Walter H. Bookmen’s Bedlam : an olio of literary oddities. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 1955: 146-147: Notable in the province of entirely engraved books is the name of John Stuart who, in 1717 executed a Book of Common Prayer and Psalms on 188 silver plates, each page having a vignette and emblematic border ... The nineteenth century produced a few of these engraved books.
Langridge, Ingrid. William Blake: a study of his life and work. London: George Bell and Sons, 1904: 17 "This is the alpha of a long series of engraved books which issued from his hand at intervals for some years."
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Editorial team member & date: Ryan Hildebrand, 4/14/08
Comments: Term intended for use in cataloging books printed entirely (or nearly so) from intaglio plates prepared by any process, including engraving, etching, aquatint, etc.
Comments (7)
Nina Schneider said
at 4:44 pm on Apr 21, 2008
NMS: Should this term be in publishing evidence or only in printing evidence?
Nina Schneider said
at 4:47 pm on Apr 21, 2008
NMS: Question on SN: why is the term inappropriate for "...volumes consisting chiefly or wholly of individual prints, engraved maps, music, or illustrative material."? Does this mean the engraved material should be on a leaf or page that is bound into the book rather than a tipped-in plate?
Ryan Hildebrand said
at 10:33 am on Apr 22, 2008
RH: I'd say the term is valid for both rbpri and rbpub; engraved books are both a printing and publishing phenomenon.
Re: your 2nd question, the genre is the result of an artistic decision to produce what is essentially a textual work in a particular medium not typically associated with textual works. Thus an engraved book is different from a collection of maps, or a volume of music or dance notation--all of which by default or for convenience relied on the intaglio process.
Have a look at the Clark's copy of Pine's Horace, one of the most famous examples of the genre.
Erin Blake said
at 3:19 pm on May 17, 2008
I'm also confused by "individual prints" being in the same line as maps, music, or illustrative material in the SN. Does it mean prints that are not folded and gathered for binding, even if the prints in question consist of nothing but engraved text (e.g. printed on loose leaves and stab-sewn)? Or is "individual prints" meant to refer to a type of "illustrative material" in which case "individual prints" could be dropped?
I think I agree about "consisting chiefly or wholly of engraved maps, music, or illustrative material" being there. An entirely-engraved book of Renaissance imprese, where each page has an image and a motto, would get the genre term "Engravings" while a hypothetical entirely-engraved book of Renaissance imprese and *commentary* would [also] get the genre term "Engraved books."
Ryan Hildebrand said
at 2:32 pm on May 21, 2008
I see that "individual prints" is confusing. The phrase was meant to indicate collected, separate prints that were, well, collected, as opposed to being conceived and published as a whole. But the latter type of publication, as Erin says, would more rightly be indexed by the genre of the material.
I think the wording "Do not use for volumes consisting chiefly or wholly of … illustrative material" conveys the meaning well enough. Let's drop the phrase "individual prints."
Kate Moriarty said
at 9:33 am on May 22, 2008
KSM: Is this the SN as it now reads?
Use for books in which text or text and pictures have been printed entirely, or almost entirely, from intaglio plates. Do not use for volumes consisting chiefly or wholly of engraved maps, music, or illustrative material.
It looks good to me.
Nina Schneider said
at 5:13 pm on Jun 27, 2008
6/27
SN: Use for books in which the text has been printed entirely or chiefly from intaglio plates. Do not use for books consisting entirely or chiefly of maps, music, or illustrative material.
Hierarchy: Special shapes, sizes and kinds of books
Thesauri: rbpri/rbpub
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