Excerpt from The Origin and Antiquity of Engraving: With Some Remarks on the Utility and Pleasures of Prints<br><br>It is admitted on all sides, that engraving on wood and printing therefrom is of Chinese origin, and practised by them many centuries previous to the knowl edge of such an art by any nation of Europe.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This 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.