The Etcher's Handbook, Charles Roberson & Co., 3rd Ed., 1881, Good, Hardcover.

Hamerton, Philip Gilbert. London: Charles Roberson & Co., 1881. 

English, Third Edition (Revised and Augmented), Very Good, HC, 12mo, 7 1/2" x 5 1/4", 97 + 32 pp.

Third Edition (Revised and Augmented), hardcover in brown leather with stamped decorations. Rubbing to tips and edges, tape to spine, some wear and toning, starting back interior gutter, ex-libris label to front pastedown. 97 pp + 32 pages of advertisements. Includes illustrations by Hamerton. Twenty-seven chapters provide a guide on the printmaking technique called etching that explores the negative and mixed etching processes, the doctrines and processes of Lalanne, Haden, Bracquemond, and more. A beautifully illustrated book that "[gives] an account of the Old Processes, and of Processes recently discovered" (from the title page).