The Museum of Science Art, Vol. 11: Illustrated by Engravings on Wood (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Museum of Science Art, Vol. 11: Illustrated by Engravings on WoodThis vast and rapid extension of the art, combined with skill which the earlier printers displayed in it, seems to be tot! Incompatible with the date assigned to the invention, and i more probable, that the art having been long practised in prii under continued attempts at secrecy, it at length broke i publicity after it had already attained a considerable degra perfection.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.