《照相镂板印图法》初探

The Preliminary Exploration of Zhaoxiang Louban Yintu Fa

光绪庚子年(1900),江南制造局翻译出版了《照相镂板印图法》。全书共一卷九章附图一,美国人贝列尼原著,卫理口译,王汝冉笔述。该书首次在中国介绍了西方的照相凹版制版技术,对研究照相凹版制版技术的引入和发展具有重要意义。本文考证了该书的英文底本,介绍了该书的部分内容,并以中译本中介绍的一些历史人物及事件为线索,对19世纪照相凹版制版工艺的发明及演变进行了简单梳理。

In 1900,Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau translated and published Zhaoxiang Louban Yintu Fa.The book,interpreted by Wesley and written by Wang Ruran,was originally written by Blaney from America.It has a volume composed of nine chapters and one picture in all.Because of the introduction of the plate-making in photogravure to China for the first time,this book is very important for studying the introduction and development of the plate-making in photogravure.This paper confirms the English version of the book and introduces some of its contents.With some historical figures and events introduced in the Chinese version as clues,the invention and evolution of plate-making technology of photogravure in the 19 th century are briefly sorted out.