Excerpt from A Monograph, on Privately-Illustrated Books: A Plea for Bibliomania The following Monograph was prepared upon the invitation of L. D. Mason, M. D., Secretary of the Rembrandt Club, of Brooklyn, New York, to read a paper before that association, giving my Experiences in Privately Illustrating Books. The paper was read December 8, 1880, in the Art Gallery of W. W. Kenyon, Esq., Brooklyn, and is now published at the request of many members of the Club. It is here given substantially as read, though somewhat extended both by additions to the text and by annotations. 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.