Strutt, Joseph: A Biographical Dictionary : Containing An Historical Account Of All The Engravers, From The Earliest Period Of The Art Of Engraving To The Present Time; And A Short List Of Their [...] : Vol. 1 / By Joseph Strutt. LondonLondon. London : Faulder ; London : Davis, 1785

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PDF [16]Chapter I. The Excellency of the Art of Engraving; the Qualifications requisite for an Engraver; the different Modes of Engraving; and some Observations concerning the Criticisms upon Prints.
PDF 7 Chapter II. The Antiquity of the Art of Engraving, and by whom it appears to have been first practised.
PDF 9 Chapter III. The Remains of Antiquity considered. - The military Accoutrements of the barbarous Nations ornamented with Engraving. - an Egyptian Figure of Isis described. - The Description of an Etruscan Patera and Parazonium. - The Style of Engraving among the Anglo-Saxons. - The Brass Plates on Tomb-stones of ancient Date. - Variety of Religious and Domestic Ornaments executed by the Engraver.
PDF 13 Chapter IV. The first Discovery of producing Impressions from Engraved Plates considered; and the Claim of the Germans and Italians to this Invention, examined; with an Account of the most acient Engraving of each Country, and a curious Specimen of the Workmanship of an Artist supposed to be a Native of England.
PDF 19 Chapter V. The peculiar Style of the GErman School, and an Examination of the Works of the Artists belonging to that School; especially with respect to the Mechanical Part of the Execution of their Engravings, from the Year 1461 to 1500.
PDF 22 Chapter VI. The general style and Character of Design among the Italian Engravers, and the Extent of their Knowledge, in the Execution of the Mechanical Part of their Plates, examined, from 1464 to 1500.
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PDF 25 Chapter VII. A Description of the Eight first Plates referred to in the foregoing Essay.

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