Editing Book (section)

==== Illustration ====
{{Main|Book illustration}}
[[File:Randolph Caldecott illustration2.jpg|thumb|alt=illustration of crowing rooster facing the rising sun with a man, dressed in nightcap and sleeping gown, leaning out the window. Background shows two small figures walking along a fenced road.|Illustration from "[[This Is the House That Jack Built|The House that Jack Built]]" in ''The Complete Collection of Pictures & Songs''; engraving and printing by [[Edmund Evans]], illustration by [[Randolph Caldecott]] (1887)]]
While some form of book illustration has existed since the invention of writing, the modern Western tradition of illustration began with 15th-century [[block book]]s, in which the book's text and images were cut into the same block.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Chris |date=2016-01-14 |title=A Brief History of Book Illustration |url=https://lithub.com/a-brief-history-of-book-illustration/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US}}</ref> Techniques such as [[engraving]], [[etching]], and [[lithography]] have also been influential.