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MANUAL OF TRADITIONAL WOOD CARVING *Dover*

MANUAL OF TRADITIONAL WOOD CARVING *Dover*
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This is the summation of years of research and practical work, it is the definitive volume on the English craft of traditional wood carving. This book, with 1146 working drawings and photographic illustrations, was originally published in London in 1911. Chapters on how to design, trace and outline projects, incised, pierced, and chip carving, carving in the round, Gothic carving, various styles of ornament, and projects. This is a must for any woodcarver.

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