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The print collector : an introduction to the knowledge necessary for forming a collection of ancient prints (1885)

Maberly, Joseph, Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781-1851 · New York : Frederick Keppel · leaf 31

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CHAPTER I. OF COLLECTING IN GENERAL, AND OF PRINT- COLLECTING IN PARTICULAR. There is a strong and very general propensity in human nature to be perpetually acquiring and appropriating. This inclina- tion is frequently found to be in active operation, though with no other object than the temporary…

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528 · Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 · Engraving

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