Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xi
4. A MUSEUM DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS 3
5. BREYDENBACH’S ITINERARY 10
6. TWO ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF THE MEDITATIONS OF SAINT BONAVENTURA 22
7. PIGOUCHET’S HORÆE OF 1498 34
8. HANS WEIDITZ 39
9. GEOFROY TORY 52
10. HANS HOLBEIN'S “DANCE OF DEATH” 65
11. JEAN COUSIN’S BOOK OF PERSPECTIVE 75
12. THE 1838 PAUL ET VIRGINIE 78
13. “THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY” A STUDY IN SNOBBERY 84
14. WOODCUTS BY ALBERT DÜRER 89
15. OLD WOODCUTS AND MODERN ILLUSTRATIONS 98
16. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 105
17. THE BAILLIE COLLECTION OF BOOKPLATES 112
18. VAN DYCK AND REMBRANDT IN THE PRINT ROOM 120
19. THREE NOTES APROPOS OF AN ETCHING BY REMBRANDT 132
20. ETCHINGS BY CANALETTO 139
21. GOYA’S “CAPRICES” 141
22. LEGROS, LEPÈRE, AND ZORN 143
23. A NOTE ON SOME OLD ENGLISH ARCHITECTURAL PRINTS 153
24. PRINTS OF ENGLISH LANDSCAPES 159
25. AN EARLY BOOK ON ETCHING 165
26. PREFATORY NOTE FOR AN EXHIBITION OF NINETEENTH CENTURY ETCHINGS AND ENGRAVINGS 169
27. THE MASTER E. S. OF 1467 177
28. MANTEGNA’S “RISEN CHRIST” 183
29. “LITERARY” PICTURES 188
30. A COLLECTION OF PRINTS BY ALBERT DÜRER 197
31. A NOTE ON CRANACH AND ALTDORFER 199
32. AN ENGRAVED PORTRAIT BY LUCAS OF LEYDEN 204
33. SOME ACCESSIONS 208
34. FRENCH PRINTS AND DRAWINGS OF THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS 216
35. FRENCH BLACK AND WHITE IN THE LAST HALF-CENTURY 228
36. MASTERPIECES OF LITHOGRAPHY 252
37. FRENCH LITHOGRAPHS 259
38. DAUMIER AS A LITHOGRAPHER 265
39. DAUMIER—THE MAN OF HIS TIME 274
40. “ORNAMENT” AND THE SOURCES OF DESIGN IN THE DECORATIVE ARTS 294
41. THE OGDEN CODMAN COLLECTION 304
42. JEAN PILLEMENT : ORNEMANISTE 310
43. DECORATION FROM LOUIS XV TO OUR DAY 314
44. NOTES ON AN EXHIBITION OF ORNAMENT 327
45. A FURTHER NOTE ON ORNAMENT 336
46. CHARACTER IN ORNAMENT 341
47. OSTAUS’S VERA PERFETTIONE 352
48. ETCHINGS 355
49. ENGRAVINGS 362
50. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND RELIEF PRINTS 369