AN INQUIRY

INTO

THE ORIGIN AND EARLY

HISTORY OF ENGRAVING,

UPON

Copper and in Wood.

VOL. I.

PRINTED FOR JOHN AND ARTHUR ARCH, 61, CORNHILL,

BY J. M'CREERY, BLACK-HORSE-COURT.

TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE

GEORGE JOHN EARL SPENCER, K. G.

&c. &c. &c.

THIS WORK

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

WITH A DUE SENSE OF

THE ADVANTAGES DERIVED IN THE COURSE OF

ITS PROGRESS,

FROM THE USE OF MANY RARE AND VALUABLE MATERIALS

CONTAINED IN

HIS LORDSHIP'S MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY,

BY THE AUTHOR.

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