Prints: A Brief Review of Their Technique and History

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Prints, by Emil H. (Emil Heinrich) Richter
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HERODOTUS. VENICE, 1494
PRINTS A BRIEF REVIEW OF THEIR TECHNIQUE AND HISTORY
BY EMIL H. RICHTER
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1914
COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published November 1914
Prints have long been an undisturbed domain of the collector and scholarly connoisseur. Centuries of study and research are resulting in the identification and description of this vast amount of material. The literature on prints embodies these results in the form of handbooks, histories, catalogues for reference, essays, and specializing treatises. These are written primarily for the use of students and collectors, with the elaboration and detail requisite for this class of readers.
Manifestations of a widening interest are more evident every day. With this broadening popular interest has come a demand for a plain, short explanation of “prints.” In the absence of such a brief review and in answer to repeated inquiries, a series of lectures were prepared and delivered—some years ago—by the writer. These lectures are herewith offered, in slightly revised form, to those interested in the nature and development of prints.
This little book is not a compendium of the graphic arts, just an introduction. Brevity and simplicity have been aimed at, the purpose being to awaken interest and convey initial information conducive to further study.