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Excerpt from History of Sculpture, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time, Vol. 1 of 2 For a work of this nature, I had scarcely ventured to hope such success as would afford me the opportunity of seeing the work in a new and improved edition. All the more pleased am I, after seven years, to have received this opportunity. All capable critics have acknowledged and encouraged my attempt, and a considerable part of the cultivated public have received my work with interest. This has decided me, in the new edition, to subject my work to a thorough revision, to fill up former 'gaps, to remove inequalities of treatment, and throughout to strive after greater finish, both as regards subject and form. Above all, I'have enlarged and revised the antique sections, in which the results of recent researches, as well as my own continued studies, have been turned to account. A special section on the plastic lesser arts of the ancients has been 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.