The most intriguing and best loved wood engravings and lithographs of this twentieth-century Dutch artist are here reproduced for the first time in poster size on heavy paper suitable for framing. In addition to the twenty-nine oversize reproductions of black-and-white and colored graphics, and an introduction by Escher, this latest in the popular Abrams series of large-format paperbacks, offers Escher`s own commentary on the works as well as illuminating commentaries by Escher scholars.