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Excerpt from Samuel Cousins It is deemed a privilege, whilst so many who could claim Samuel Cousins as a personal friend, or with whom he had more or less intimate business relations are still with us, to be permitted to work out in proper order and lay before the print collecting world and that of the immense number of those interested in mezzotints, the artistic achievements of this eminent and accomplished engraver. Those who knew him well cherish pleasant memories of their intercourse with him; but many incidents, now common knowledge among Cousins enthusiasts and connoisseurs, would in the ordinary course of things fade away and be forgotten within the space of a comparatively few years. To prevent anything so unfortunate, the present writer has taken up the task of fixing the memories in the black and white of the printed page, and of cataloguing and describing the whole of his engraved works in all their variety of state. The special attention of collectors is invited to the observations on "states" and to the definition of the term as employed in the following pages, which appear in the introduction to the catalogue on page 31. The personal friends of Samuel Cousins, and those who admire and collect his mezzotints, have most generously placed their knowledge and treasures at the disposal of the writer in order that the result may be as faithful and complete as the talents of the great mezzotinter justify and deserve. 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.