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    Old Coloured Books
    Old Coloured Books
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    Old Coloured Books

    By George Paston

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      Old Coloured Books - George Paston

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      Title: Old Coloured Books

      Author: George Paston

      Release Date: September 9, 2010 [EBook #33682]

      Language: English

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      OLD COLOURED BOOKS

      THE REVD. DOCTOR SYNTAX

      OLD COLOURED

      BOOKS

      BY

      GEORGE PASTON

      WITH SIXTEEN COLOURED PLATES

      METHUEN & CO.

      36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

      LONDON

      First Published in 1905

      CONTENTS

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      SOME OLD ILLUSTRATED

      BOOKS

      I

      It is an unromantic fact, but one which cannot fail to be of interest at the present time, that the remarkable development of the graver's art in England during the latter part of the eighteenth century was due, in a measure at least, to—Protection. In the middle of the century our trade in engravings was still an import one, English print-sellers being obliged to pay hard cash for the prints they bought in France, since the French took none in exchange. But with the accession of George III. a better prospect dawned for the artist and engraver. The young King, unlike his immediate predecessors, desired to patronise native talent; no budding Hogarth should draw unflattering comparisons between himself and the King of Prussia as an Encourager of the Arts. And in spite of the gibes of Peter Pindar, in spite of the royal preference for Ramsay over Reynolds, it is probable that George III. was sincere in his desire to stimulate the growth of British art. In 1769 the long-talked-of Royal Academy was founded; while, for the benefit of the rising school of English engravers, bounties were granted on the exportation of English prints, and heavy duties imposed on the importation of French prints. Politics and patriotism were not without their influence upon the trade, many a good courtier being willing to help the cause by the purchase of an inexpensive print, though he was not yet prepared to patronise a British painter. Immense sums were cleared by John Boydell over Woollett's engravings after West and Copley; illustrated books, more especially of travel, were eagerly bought up; illustrated magazines flooded the market; print-shops multiplied, their windows

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