Author : Gleeson White
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 39,5 MB
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780265425602
Book Description
Excerpt from English Illustration, "the Sixties" 1885-70 Collectors of all Sorts know the various stages which their separate hobbies impose on them. First, out of pure love for their subject, they gather together Chance specimens almost at haphazard. Then, moved by an ever-growing interest, they take the pursuit more seriously, and, as one by one the worthier objects fall into their hands, they grow Still more keen. Later, they discover to their sorrow that a complete collection is, humanly speaking, impossible certain unique examples are not to be Obtained for love or money, or, at all events, for the amount at their personal disposal. At last they realise, perhaps, that after all the Cheapest and most easily procured are also the most admirable and delightful. This awakening comes often enough when a catalogue has been prepared, and on looking over it they find that the treasures they valued at one time most highly are only SO estimated by fellow-collectors then they realise that the more common Objects which fall within the reach of every one are by far the best worth possessing. A homely American phrase (and the word homely applies in a double sense) runs 'he has bitten off more than he can chew.' The truth of the remark is found appropriate as I write these final words. To mark, learn, and inwardly digest the output of ten to fifteen years' illustration must needs be predestined failure, if Space and time for its preparation are both limited. The subject has hitherto been almost um touched, and when in certain aspects it has attracted writers, they have approached it almost always from the standpoint of artistic appreciation and criticism. Here, despite certain unintentional lapses into that nobler path, the intention has been to keep strictly to a catalogue of published facts and with a few bibliographical notes added. 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.