Excerpt from The Early Teutonic, Italian, and French Masters: Translated and Edited From the Dohme Series<br><br>The chapter devoted to the German Minster Builders, not usually included in the category of the masters, may perhaps be acceptable on other grounds. Apart from the variety it imparts to the work, the subject seemed so extremely interesting, has here been dealt with so ably, and is otherwise so little known and so rarely treated in works of Art,' that its exclusion might have seemed to many a greater oversight than its insertion may possibly to some appear surprising. At all events, by a slight sacrifice of cold consistency, a desirable feature has thus been added to the volume.<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.