THE COLOR PRINTER
A Treatise on the Use of Colors in Typographic Printing.
by John Earhart
Cincinnati; 1892
Original cloth stamped in colors and gilt, marbled edges.
137 pages with 90 plates in full color.
First and only edition.
Presentation page hand signed by John Earhart.
Good interior condition.
Binding is worn, with tape repaired spine and repaired joints (inner edge of the covers.
Describes color printing with sections on printing two color mixtures, three color mixtures, mixed colors, half tone colors, tints, harmony of colors, combinations of colors and gold ink on colored enameled papers, metallic colors, specimens of embossing patterns, tint blocks, etc.
Illustrated with 90 plates of the most dramatic examples of color printing with corresponding text that provide helpful hints on successful application.
A true manual, Earhart's book offers information on colored inks, process of mixing colors, tints, half tones, composition, best presses, rollers, and papers to use in the color process, methods of embossing and a dictionary of terms.
Earhart and Richardson were some of the finest color printers in America during the 19th century and had both the skill and patience to produce color images using as many as 37 inks printed in six pulls through the press.
In his description of Earhart's book David Pankow called the work a "landmark" manual and that most of the plates "are intended to show color harmonies and how tints in various strengths could be combined. Incredibly he was able to produce more than 1,000 distinct color and tint values from just twelve stock inks."
Text in English
Size 8 3/4 by 11"



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