In this book‎,‎ derived from his 1994 Sandars lectures‎,‎ Bamber Gascoigne concentrates on those areas in the history of colour printing that have yet to receive critical attention‎.‎ This broad historical survey covers the intaglio colour printing of the seventeenth and eighteenth century‎,‎ the inventive attempts of nineteenth‎-century British publishers to achieve cheap‎,‎ effective colour printing‎,‎ and the pioneering work of the firm Thomas Nelson and Sons‎.‎ A catalogue of more than 1‎,‎000 British and foreign views published by the firm in their own distinctive technique‎,‎ the Nelson print‎,‎ is also provided‎.‎ Gascoigne links these developments to the wider scientific‎,‎ cultural‎,‎ and social currents during the period‎.‎ This lavishly illustrated book presents with clarity and wit an extensive overview of the emergence of colour printing‎.‎ It will be of interest to all students of publishing and printing history and bibliography‎,‎ as well as art historians‎.‎