I took my time with this book, for it's a history book of course. But I wanted to know more about Printmaking because I want to go into it for my degree when going back into college. An fr me this had me even more hooked on the major. Loved all the prints, the history behind each, learning about different printmakers or printers, different countries, etc. I do plan to get Volume 2 hopefully next year to continue on with learning about the other countries and there prints done.