The Print Collector: An Introduction to the Knowledge Necessary for Forming a Collection of Ancient Prints (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Maberly, J.

9780365189671: The Print Collector: An Introduction to the Knowledge Necessary for Forming a Collection of Ancient Prints (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0365189677 ISBN 13: 9780365189671

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Print Collector: An Introduction to the Knowledge Necessary for Forming a Collection of Ancient Prints

In this new country, where for the last one hundred years utility has been the predominant idea, I have often wondered why the poetic mind of the age has not created a goddess of Utility, to whom we might render homage similar to that paid in the olden time at the shrines of the goddesses of Wisdom, Beauty, and Riches.

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