Excerpt from The Van Eycks and Their Followers<br><br>This book, which now finally passes out of my hands, has not taken its intended form owing to the circumstances of the day. The text was written to accompany a much larger series of illustrations than it is now economically possible to issue at a price which the contemplated reader would be willing to pay. When the repro duction of a picture is under the eyes of a reader description is superfluous, nor is it necessary to indicate at length points of re semblance between two works of art when photographs of them can be directly composed. Lack of intended illustration may render a few passages somewhat obscure. Such illustrations as we are enabled to supply have been chosen carefully. Well-known pictures have seldom been selected for reproduction. Works difficult of access have been preferred to the well-known works of the famous.<br><br>It is to be regretted that the present ownership Of many of the pictures cited is not recorded. Collections are constantly being dispersed at auction. A continual stream of works Of art crosses the Atlantic and each finds some new home, known only to dealers and American art-lovers. It is thus not possible, at any rate for me, to indicate the whereabouts of a considerable proportion of the pictures which I have studied in loan-exhibitions or in their old homes on this side of the ocean.<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.