Longhi, Giuseppe. To pierce the copper mill or the art in copper and to eat. Translated from Italian by C(arl) Barth. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4 Bl., 368 p.; VI pp., 1 Bl., 187 p., 2 Bl. With 2 folded copper plates. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Marbled semi-leather band d. C. (somewhat rubbed and slightly bumped, joints and back more heavily rubbed) with gold plated RSchild. Hildburghausen and Meiningen, Kesselring, 1837. First German edition of the theory of copper cutting first published in Milan in 1830 under the title La Calcografia. Treats the theoretical and practical part separately. The two coppers show different grave stings. – A little gluey, otherwise clean and fresh. - Rare.