Author Description

"This book provides the general reader, as well as the collector and scholar, with an understanding of the background, the processes and the potential of lithography. Ten lively and informative essays, accompanied by over 360 illustrations, detail the scope and significance of lithography from 1800 to the present day. The book covers important landmarks in the history of lithography, as well as current work from Europe, the United States, Australia and New Zealand." -Dust jacket.