Excerpt from A Descriptive Bibliography: Of the Most Important Books in the English Language, Relating to the Art History of Engraving and the Collecting of Prints Some of the earlier books are of no practical value, but from an historical standpoint are of the greatest importance. The literature of engraving which has been built up from them shows the extensive and constantly growing interest which has been taken in the subject. The early English books are very rare, but most of them are in some one of the great public collections, and the officials in charge are always courteous and willing to give all proper facilities, not only to examine the books themselves, but also to photograph title-pages, etc., for reproduction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.