Ebert, John and Katherine — Old American Prints for Collectors

NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. Hardcover. White cloth. ix, 277 pp. 16 color, 180+ bw plates. Covers American printmaking from it's earliest efforts to about 1880. Includes a glossary of print terms, an index, a selected list of nineteenth century color plate books, and lovely illustrations. Chapter titles include Historical Background; Mechanics of Printmaking, Including Reproductions; Early American Prints and American Engravings; American Lithography-other Than Currier And Ives; Currier and Ives; Nature Prints; Miscellaneous Prints; Care, Preservation and Buying Tips. Also includes an appendix of Names in American Printmaking 1670 to 1880. Great reference work. VG .