Wood-Block Printing

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

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

Ruskin's Oxford lectures on the art of engraving, from Dürer and Holbein to Botticelli. He explains what makes a woodcut or a metal engraving great and how the craft shapes the image.

John Ruskin