f block or plate, and each kind hassome special quality to recommend it, but etchedbook-plates appeal to the taste of many as themost interesting, and it is with these alone, savingone slight exception, that we have here to deal. It is difficult to lay down exact rules for anythingin art. Each new… … ETCHED BOOK-PLATE BY D. Y. CAMERON of large etched plates, he was too shortsighted ortoo vain to foresee the development of theirdecorative value, and other instances might begiven from medieval or Eastern art. It may,however, be safely stated that book-plates shouldnot be too large for convenient…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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