A Manual of Wood Carving

A Manual of Wood CarvingA Manual of Wood Carving, by Charles G. Leland, revised by John J. Holtzapffel, 1891, was a highly regarded and widely popular self educational craft book of the 19th century Arts & Crafts movement. Produced from the rare original in the collection of Gary Roberts, Publisher www. toolemerapress. comEmbracing the naturalistic themes of William Morris and others, Leland introduced the public to wood carving as an expressive art form for use on purely

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