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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1810. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... ages of Gothic barbarity and monkish superstition, which obscured the light and glory of Europe, much of the knowledge of the fine arts was lost; and, perhaps, the clouds of ignorance and obscurity fell upon the business of the engraver; so that, possibly, the Florentines had to explore the secrets of the art among the rubbish of antiquity; and, in the course of their researches they accidentally displayed some new ideas, as was the case with Finiguerra. The progress and discoveries of the modern European engravers, I will proceed to state under the head of Modern Engraving, on Wood, Copper, &?c. A Book published at Leipsic in 1771, without the name of the author, and under the title of " Idee generate d'unes Collection complette des Estampes; avec une Dissertation sur l'Origine de la Gravure, et sur les premiers Livres d' Images," opposes, in some measure, the opinions of the best writers on the origin of Printing in Europe. The author's attention was particularly directed to engraving, and to an examination of wooden cuts in books of the earliest dates, which led, of course, to an investigation of the printing of those books. This author traces the origin of cutting on wood, as far back as the year 1423, and he attributes it to artists employed in making cards; which artists, he says, proceeded from little pictures of saints, to small pieces of history; intended for the instruction of youth, and for purposes of devotion. This, he thinks, gave the hint to Guttemburg, when he lived in Strasburg, of cutting single letters. Like several German writers, he is not willing to allow the claim of Holland to the discovery of Printing; or to admit Laurentius, alias Coster, to be either a printer, engraver, or carver, and treats his pretensions to the discovery as fictiti...