John Ruskin 
Ariadne Florentina: Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving 

Ariadne Florentina is a collection of famed American landscape painter John Ruskin’s essays on wood and metal engraving. Contents: ‘DEFINITION OF THE ART OF ENGRAVING LECTURE II. THE RELATION OF ENGRAVING TO OTHER ARTS IN FLORENCE LECTURE III. THE TECHNICS OF WOOD ENGRAVING LECTURE IV. THE TECHNICS OF METAL ENGRAVING LECTURE V. DESIGN IN THE GERMAN SCHOOLS OF ENGRAVING (HOLBEIN AND DÜRER) LECTURE VI. DESIGN IN THE FLORENTINE SCHOOLS OF ENGRAVING (SANDRO BOTTICELLI) APPENDIX. ARTICLE I. NOTES ON THE PRESENT STATE OF ENGRAVING IN ENGLAND II. DETACHED NOTES.’