Ariadne Florentina: Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving

A step-by-step illustrated guide to intaglio printmaking without toxic acids and solvents. Covers etching plates, grounds, aquatint, inking and printing with safer modern materials.

Donna Adams

A museum guide to printmaking with a glossary of techniques, a brief history of the print, and close looks at works by Rembrandt, Hokusai and modern printmakers, each with a hands-on lesson plan.

Utah Museum of Fine Arts

A practical treatise by an American etcher on how to make etchings, drypoints, mezzotints, aquatints, lithographs and woodcuts, from preparing the plate to pulling the print.

George T. Plowman

A complete manual of the woodcut and color woodblock print in the Japanese method, covering tools, cutting, paper, pigments and printing, with illustrations by the author.

F. Morley Fletcher

The inventor of lithography tells how he discovered printing from stone and explains every step of the process. Part memoir and part technical manual, it is the founding text of the lithographic print.

Alois Senefelder