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Excerpt from Whitman's Print-Collector's Handbook: Sixth Edition, Revised and Enlarged With Additional Chapters Every student of old prints, be he collector or not, who has during late years made use of the British Museum Print Room - and who in London could possibly study the work of the old engravers without its aid? - must have felt he had lost a valued friend when Alfred Whitman died. So kindly and helpful a guide was he, so glad and ready always to give generously of his extensive knowledge, suggesting to the student the right direction for his research, assisting to train the would-be collector in the way he should go, and clearing that way of the inevitable false scents. It was in that kindly spirit, with that helpful purpose, he designed and wrote his 'Print-Collector's Handbook'; but that was some twelve years ago, and, since then, there have been many important developments in the domain of print-collecting, developments with regard to which the 'Handbook,' of course, offered no guidance. Although the publication had received the encouragement of a wide and continuous appreciation, justifying several editions, Whitman himself recognized the limitations of his book, and looked forward to amplifying it in accordance with the needs of a new generation, and a greater variety, of collectors. 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.