This book presents four classic photohgraphic texts. Their Victorian authors' fine attention to detail makes for an interesting historical perspective while providing relevant material for today's alternative processes. The four selections of this volume are: Elements of Photogravure, by Colin Bennett, 1927; Photo-Aquatint or the Gum-Bichromate Process, by Alfred Maskell and Robert Demachy, 1898; The Oil and Bromoil Process, by F.J. Mortimer and S.L. Coulthurst, 1909; and Platinotype, by Giuseppe Pizzighelli and Baron A. Hubl, 1886.