Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of Masterpieces by the Masters of Engraving and Etching and Including French and English 18th Century Stipples, Mezzotints and Color Prints: To Be Sold Without Reserve or Restriction on Wednesday, April 12, and Thursday, April 13, 1916, at the Hour of 8: 30 in the Evening When the 17th Century Portrait Engravings which I had pur chased from Mr. Junius S. Morgan were being sold I stated that which had long been in my mind, namely, that it was my earnest desire to relinquish as far as possible, that part of my business which had to do with the private sale of other than original drawings by the Old Masters, to which, during the past few years, I have been devoting the more considerable portion of my time. The more thought I have given to this desire, the stronger has become my inclination to make an earnest effort to carry it into effect and I shall try to explain here as briefly as possible the reasons that have prompted me to my conclusions and caused me to consign to the American Art Association for absolute and unrestricted public sale, the most important part of my collections of old engravings and etchings. 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.