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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Collection of Engravings Bequeathed to Harvard College by Francis Calley Gray Frequent visits to Europe, begun early in life, developed in Mr. Gray a strong love of art, the result of which was the gradual and careful acquisition of a large and precious collection of engravings. His purchases were made with judgment and taste. His object was to secure the best representations in engraving of the best works of the great masters in art. He sought not merely to gratify his love of beauty, but also to satisfy his love of knowledge. In his engravings he studied the history of art in all periods, and in every country and they were regarded by him as a part of and complement to his admirable library. Thus many of the engravings in this collection are valuable as beautiful and accurate transcripts of paintings, while others were acquired on account of some peculiar merit of their own, irrespective of that of their subject, or because they were of essential importance in the history of art. 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.