Condition: Good. Packed in a BOX with cardboard backing and padding. (See Photos!) Pages: not written on, clean, bright, odor free. Dust Jacket: clean, bright, rubbing to edges and corner tip, tear at front top corner spine edge and taped over tear at back bottom spine edge, price clipped corner at top of front inner flap, several black spots at top edge. Same or next day shipping (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships from California.  ABOUT: For printers, publishers, museum and gallery personnel, artists, and anyone else involved or interested in the graphic reproduction of works of art, this unique book will prove an invaluable reference. From the work of 18th-century mezzotinters to that of the latest electronic scanners, the various processes of reproduction are lucidly explained and evaluated according to their most appropriate uses. A reproduction can be a tantalizing introduction to a work of art, as in a fine art book, or it can be a small reminder such as a museum postcard, or it can be something of a work of art itself – perhaps a large print made for framing. Matters always to be taken into consideration when a work of art is translated into another medium include accurate color representation, tone, texture, lighting, and scale. John Lewis begins the book by examining the early history of reproductive print making, from LeBlon’s theory of the primary colors to the development of the halftone screen at the end of the 19th-century. In his discussion of mezzotint, aquatint, lithography, wood-engraving, and etching, he points out things to be learned from the print makers who worked before photographic methods came into use. In detailed discussions of the modern methods – offset lithography, line and monochrome halftones, electronic color scanners, letterpress, photogravure, and collotype – he gives clear explanations of the workings of each process, as well as advice on which are most suitable for various purposes.