Excerpt from A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 3<br><br>Tms volume contains the descriptions of the works of Frans Hals, the two Ostades, and Adriaen Brouwer. It has been compiled on the same principles as were followed in the first and second volumes, to the prefaces of which it is enough to refer. But I must make some remarks on two points.<br><br>The first is the relation of the English edition to the German. The English edition contains additions, especially on pp. 224 246 of the second volume, for which I cannot assume any responsibility. Several of the pictures there attributed to A. Cuyp were known to me, but had been purposely omitted because I did not and do not believe in their authenticity. Arrangements have been made to avoid such differences between the two editions in future.<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.