The second expanded edition of The Book on Books on Artist's Books which originally came out in 2011. The Book on Books on Artist's Books is a bibliography of books, pamphlets and catalogues on artists' books. With a focus on books containing bibliographic data, this volume proposes an overlooked history of the printed traces left by the practice of exhibiting, publishing, disseminating and collecting artists' books during the last forty years. The main criterion for inclusion is information on books rather than critical writing or texts on artists' books. These documents were gathered and compiled in order to give visibility to an aspect of the field that is often ignored: the networks of promotion and distribution of artists' books, as art as well as material books. This is a bibliography of reference material, books, pamphlets, catalogues and lists of artists' publications, published since 1972 until today.

Text source: Arnaud Desjardin, Introduction into The Book on Books on Artists Books