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• Apuntes para la Historia de la Caricatura (in Spanish; 1877), by Jacinto Octavio Picón (page images at HathiTrust)
• A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art (London: Chatto and Windus, 1875), by Thomas Wright, illust. by F. W. Fairholt
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• The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1904), by Arthur Bartlett Maurice and Frederic Taber Cooper (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature (London: Grant Richards, 1904), by Arthur Bartlett Maurice and Frederic Taber Cooper (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Histoire de la caricature au moyen âge et sous la renaissance (in French), by Champfleury (Gutenberg ebook)
• A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art, by Thomas Wright, illust. by F. W. Fairholt (Gutenberg ebook)
• Caricature and Other Comic Art in All Times and Many Lands., by James Parton (Gutenberg ebook)

• Histoire de la caricature au moyen âge et sous la renaissance (in French), by Champfleury (Gutenberg ebook)

• Engraving: Its Origin, Processes, and History, by Henri Delaborde, trans. by Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson, contrib. by William Walker (Gutenberg ebook)
• Sculptura, or, The history, and art of chalcography and engraving in copper with an ample enumeration of the most renowned masters and their works : to which is annexed a new manner of engraving, or mezzo tinto, communicated by His Highness Prince Rupert to the authour of this treatise. (London : Printed by J.C. for G. Beedle and T. Collins, 1662), by John Evelyn, Prince Rupert, and Samuel Sorbière (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Die Antiken Gemmen, Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst im Klassischen Altertum (3 volumes, n German; Leipzig: Giesecke und Devrient, 1900), by Adolf Furtwängler
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• A Brief History of Wood-engraving from Its Invention, by Joseph Cundall (Gutenberg ebook)
• Why Bewick Succeeded: A Note in the History of Wood Engraving, by Jacob Kainen (Gutenberg ebook)

• A trio of eighteenth century French engravers of portraits in miniature. Ficquet, Savart, Grateloup. [By] William Loring Andrews. (New York [Dodd, Mead & Co.], 1899), by William Loring Andrews (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Text-Book of the History of Painting (with some added modern color images), by John Charles Van Dyke (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The History of Modern Painting, Volume 3 (of 4): Revised edition continued by the author to the end of the XIX century, by Richard Muther (Gutenberg ebook)
• The History of Modern Painting, Volume 2 (of 4): Revised edition continued by the author to the end of the XIX century, by Richard Muther (Gutenberg ebook)
• The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4): Revised edition continued by the author to the end of the XIX century, by Richard Muther (Gutenberg ebook)
• Women Painters of the World: From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day, ed. by Walter Shaw Sparrow (Gutenberg ebook)
• Six Centuries of Painting, by Randall Davies (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Old Masters and Their Pictures, For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art, by Sarah Tytler (Gutenberg ebook)

• Painting in the Far East: An Introduction to the History of Pictorial Art in Asia, Especially China and Japan (second edition; London: E. Arnold, 1913), by Laurence Binyon (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Painting in the Far East: An Introduction to the History of Pictorial Art in Asia, Especially China and Japan (second edition; London: E. Arnold, 1913), by Laurence Binyon (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Emergent Decade: Latin American Painters and Painting in the 1960's (c1966), by Thomas M. Messer, illust. by Cornell Capa (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Cezanne and Structure in Modern Painting (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1963), by Daniel Robbins (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Modern Painting in Belgium (second edition; New York: Belgian Government Information Center, 1948), by Alex Salkin (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Chinese Painters: A Critical Study, by Raphaël Petrucci, trans. by Frances Seaver, contrib. by Laurence Binyon (Gutenberg ebook)

• The French Impressionists (1860-1900), by Camille Mauclair, trans. by Paul G. Konody (Gutenberg ebook)

• Histoire de la peinture en Italie (in French), by Stendhal (Gutenberg ebook)
• The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 6 (of 6): From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century (6 volumes), by Luigi Lanzi, trans. by Thomas Roscoe (Gutenberg ebook)
• The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 5 (of 6): From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century, by Luigi Lanzi, trans. by Thomas Roscoe (Gutenberg ebook)
• The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 4 (of 6): From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century, by Luigi Lanzi, trans. by Thomas Roscoe (Gutenberg ebook)
• The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 3 (of 6): From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century, by Luigi Lanzi, trans. by Thomas Roscoe (Gutenberg ebook)
• The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 2 (of 6): From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century, by Luigi Lanzi, trans. by Thomas Roscoe (Gutenberg ebook)
• The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 1 (of 6): From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century, by Luigi Lanzi, trans. by Thomas Roscoe (Gutenberg ebook)

• Reseña Historica de la Pintura Mexicana en los Siglos XVII y XVIII (in Spanish; México: Oficina tip. de la Secretaria de Fomento, 1889), by Rafael Lucio
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  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice (Marina Del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, 1995), ed. by Arie Wallert, Erma Hermens, and Marja Peek (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• The Book: Its Printers, Illustrators, and Binders, From Gutenberg to the Present Time (London: H. Grevel and Co., 1890), by Henri Bouchot (page images at CMU)
• The Printed Book (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1916), by Harry Gidney Aldis (HTML at lostcrafts.com)
• The Story of Books (London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d.), by Gertrude Burford Rawlings (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Story of Books (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1901), by Gertrude Burford Rawlings
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• Typographia: or, The Printer's Instructor (fourth edition; Philadelphia: L. Johnson and Co., 1854), by Thomas F. Adams
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• Typographia; or, The printer's instructor a brief sketch of the origin, rise, and progress of the typographic art, with practical directions for conducting every department in an office, hints to authors, publishers, &c. (Philadelphia : L. Johnson, 1854), by Thomas F. Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch der Geschichte der Buchdruckerkunst. Zweiter Teil: Wiedererwachen und neue Blüte der Kunst. 1751-1882. (in German), by Carl Berendt Lorck (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Book: Its History and Development, by Cyril Davenport (Gutenberg ebook)
• Some Notes on Early Woodcut Books, with a Chapter on Illuminated Manuscripts, by William Morris (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Printed Book: Its History, Illustration and Adornment: From the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time, by Henri Bouchot, trans. by E. C. Bigmore (Gutenberg ebook)
• Fine Books, by Alfred W. Pollard (Gutenberg ebook)
• From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921, by H. C. Forster (Gutenberg ebook)
• Primeira origem da arte: de imprimir dada à luz pelo primeiros characteres (in Portuguese), by João Villeneuve (Gutenberg ebook)

• Prints and People: A Social History of Printed Pictures (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; distributed by New York Graphic Society, c1971), by A. Hyatt Mayor (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

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