line engraving

He gave it last week to Thomas W. Nason of Reading, Mass. for a finicky line engraving of two hayricks, a barn, a dying oak tree.

From Time Magazine Archive

The 18 woodcut tradition mimicked line engraving and was confined chiefly to tiny blocks wrought with the utmost delicacy.

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Jacob Kainen

But while some of them have been excellent of their kind, the process is of limited resource, and the best works in this manner do not compare with the masterpieces of line engraving.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

All methods of relief plate photo-engraving come under two general heads: "Half-tone" and "line engraving," the latter being very generally known as "zinc etching."

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Frederick H. Hitchcock

Jackson was interested in broad effects even when leaning heavily on the delicate linear conventions of line engraving.

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Jacob Kainen