Excerpt from Catalogue of an Exhibition Illustrative of a Centenary of Artistic Lithography, 1796-1896 Lithography, the art of printing from stone, has reached its centenary age. This occurrence is well worthy of commemoration by holding a review of its achievements. The exhibition of prints to which this catalogue is to serve as a guide has been undertaken with that end in view; and, in spite of our isolation from the chief theater of the early achievements in artistic lithography, enough will be found in the collection to make possible the tracing of the development of this important art from its infancy in Germany to our own latest home products. The story of the invention of lithography, and of its inventor, Aloys Senefelder, has been told so often that a repetition seems trite; but the occasion appears to call for a condensed recital of the principal events in the history of the man whose memory we honor by our exhibition. 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.