Excerpt from A Guide to the Printed Books Exhibited to the Public in the Grenville Library and Kings Library<br><br>The Department of Printed Books is extremely rich in objects of interest and curiosity. As, however, the space available for their dis play is limited, it has been considered advisable to make such a selection as, under the circumstances, may be most instructive and interesting. Of the very first efforts of the inventors of the Art of Printing no speci mens are known that can be clearly identified as such, but books of sufficiently early date exist to enable us to show its rise and early pro gress, and this is all that the present exhibition can pretend to trace.<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.