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© November 2006
revised 28 September 2009
Bibliography for study of 19th-century lithography as a medium of technical illustration
The bulk of titles in the following list originated with Mark Barratt (a colleague on the InfoDesign Café discussion list), who first suggested books by William Ivins and Michael Twyman back in April 2006. I have since added slightly to Mark’s original list of eight Twyman citations, and believe the list of Twyman titles is now fairly complete.
To Paul van den Brink (a colleague on the MapHist discussion list), I owe thanks for the pointer to Nineteenth Century Prints and Illustrated Books of Indonesia, by John Bastin and Bea Brommer, which includes specialized information on P. W. M. Trap’s work as a lithographer. P. W. M. Trap lithographed all 21 plates for vol. 1 of Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie in 1888, and it was his firm’s finely-executed work in this publication that started me on this research journey.
As can be seen from the question marks in the list of titles that follows, I still have far to travel, and some titles still to read. The bibliography is very much in the preliminary stages, and suggestions from site visitors of relevant works I’ve missed and ought to include are most welcome.
Paul has offered to give me a bibliography of
maps relating to the expedi[ti]ons where all the et[h]nographical materials depicted [in vol. 1 of Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie], were collected
(Paul van den Brink, 23 April 2006
post to MapHist list)
and I hope one day to be able to integrate this here, as well.
Bastin & Brommer argued in 1979 that “from an aesthetic, scientific and technical point of view,” 19th-century texts illustrated by the medium of lithography, particularly in the field of natural history, “have never been surpassed.” I believe this is still a true statement in 2006.
Re. the visual culture of phronesis, consilium, and prudentia.
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Bibliography:
Bastin, John Sturgus, and Bea Brommer. Nineteenth century prints and illustrated books of Indonesia with particular reference to the print collection of the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam: a descriptive bibliography. Utrecht: Spectrum, 1979.
Ivins, William. How prints look: photographs with commentary. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1943.
Ivins, William. Prints and visual communication. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, [1953].
Prideaux, S. T. Aquatint engraving: a chapter in the history of book illustration. London, 1909.
Tooley, R. V. English books with coloured plates 1790 to 1860. London, 1954; rpt. London, 1973.
Twyman, Michael. Breaking the mould: the first hundred years of lithography. The Panizzi Lectures for 2000. London: British Library, 2001.
Twyman, Michael. The British Library guide to printing: history and techniques. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Twyman, Michael. “Directory of London Lithographic Printers, 1800–50.” Journal of the Printing Historical Society 12? (1976): ?–?.
Twyman, Michael. Early lithographed books: a study of the design and production of improper books in the age of the hand press, with a catalogue. London: Farrand Press & Private Libraries Association, 1990 and Williamsburg, VA: The Book Press Ltd., 1990.
Twyman, Michael. Early lithographed music. London: Farrand Press, 1996.
Twyman, Michael. “The lithographic hand press 1796–1850.” Journal of the Printing Historical Society 3 (1967): ?–?.
Twyman, Michael. “The lithographic letterer.” In The bicentennial of lithography: a keepsake for the members of the Book Club of California. By Michael Twyman, et al. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1999, 2000.
Twyman, Michael. “Lithographic stone.” In The bicentennial of lithography: a keepsake for the members of the Book Club of California. By Michael Twyman, et al. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1999, 2000.
Twyman, Michael. “Lithographic stone and the printing trade in the nineteenth century.” Journal of the Printing Historical Society 8 (1972): ?–?.
Twyman, Michael. Lithography, 1800–50: The Techniques of Drawing on Stone in England and Wales and Their Application in Works of Topography. London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1970.
Twyman, Michael. “Lithography: the birth of a new printing process.” In The bicentennial of lithography: a keepsake for the members of the Book Club of California. By Michael Twyman, et al. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1999, 2000.
Twyman, Michael. Misc. articles. In The encyclopedia of ephemera: a guide to the fragmentary documents of everyday life for the collector, curator, and historian. By Maurice Rickards. Ed. Michael Twyman, with the assistance of Sally de Beaumont and Amoret Tanner. New York: Routledge, 2000.
Twyman, Michael. Printing 1770–1970: an illustrated history of its development and uses in England. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970.
Twyman, Michael. “Senefelder’s pole press.” In The bicentennial of lithography: a keepsake for the members of the Book Club of California. By Michael Twyman, et al. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1999, 2000.
Twyman, Michael. “Thomas Barker’s lithographic stones.” Journal of the Printing Historical Society 12? (1977/8): ?–?.
Twyman, Michael. “Trade cards of early British lithographers.” In The bicentennial of lithography: a keepsake for the members of the Book Club of California. By Michael Twyman, et al. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1999, 2000.
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