guns have a range ofthree thousand yards, and the frontal attack is asmuch out of date as the naval tactics of Actium. Book-plates are the .product of democracy, andafford evidence of the spread of education. Theygive an opportunity for the use of arms akin totheir original object, but the modern… … ETCHED BOOK-PLATE BY SIR CHARLES HOLROYD, R.E. inexpensive, useful, and a graceful addition to themost modest library. They may be printed fromany kind of block or plate, and each kind hassome special quality to recommend it, but etchedbook-[)lates appeal to the taste of niany as themost…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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