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Mr. Vinycomb leads us, in these pages, by easy stages, through the various developments of engraving, from the rough woodcuts which are to be found in the earliest printed books to the beautifully finished work of Dürer and other masters of engraving. Then comes the engraving on metals and etching; and last we are let into the secrets of the various means adopted for the duplication of artists’ sketches by means of blocks or transfers, from which any number of copies may be taken. He has, as we have already stated, treated his subject in an eminently practical manner, so that the veriest tyro may be able to understand the methods used in the multiplication of Ex Libris; and by means of the well-selected illustrations, and the hints so freely scattered over these pages, it is an easy matter for those who have not studied the art of engraving and process-working to gain a fair knowledge of the subject.

Some of the illustrations have already appeared in connection with these articles in the Ex Libris Journal (Vol. III., pp. 151, 170; Vol. IV., pp. 17, 43, 57, 92); others are introduced here for the first time; but they are all well calculated to enhance the value of Mr. Vinycomb’s work, and to show what can be done by the various methods in use. Further, it may be safely assumed that all systematic collectors of book-plates will be glad to have in this handy and independent form an essay upon the practical side of a subject in which they have up to the present taken, perhaps, but a general or sentimental interest.