Prints and printmaking : an introduction to the history and techniques / Antony Griffiths

"Published by arrangement with British Museum Press"--Title page verso

"Second edition"--Preface

Includes bibliographical references and index

What is a print? -- Relief printing processes -- Woodcut -- Linocut -- Wood-engraving -- Metalcut and relief etching -- Intaglio printing processes -- Engraving -- Etching -- Drypoint -- Crayon-manner and stipple: the dot processes -- Mezzotint -- Aquatint -- Soft ground etching -- Lithography -- Screenprinting -- Colour printing -- Colour woodcut -- Colour intaglio printing -- Colour lithography -- Photomechanical reproduction processes -- Processes of relief printing -- Processes of intaglio printing -- Processes of surface printing -- Processes of colour printing

Antony Griffiths here provides an excellent introduction to a large and complicated subject for those who wish to acquire a basic understanding of print and printmaking. He explains as simply and briefly as possible the different techniques of printmaking and illustrates both details and whole prints to show the effects that can be achieved