A history and description of every type of engraving, with hundreds of excellent black and white reproductions, showing the progress of the art form the year 1465 to 1910, this is an immensely readable personal narrative. It includes many digressions into every conceivable subject (biographical sketches with reproductions of letters from famous men, a French glossary, etc.), dealing with many sides of the subject of print-collecting so as to convey a large amount of information in a chatty and charming manner. The author was a New York dealer in rare engravings.