CHAPTER I.

ANTIQUITY OF ENGRAVING, 1-39.

Page Initial letter A,-- an ancient Greek _scriving_ on a tablet of wood, drawn by W. Harvey 1 View of a rolling-press, on wood and on copper, showing the difference between a woodcut and a copper-plate engraving when both are printed in the same manner 4 Back and front view of an ancient Egyptian brick-stamp 6 Copy of an impression on a Babylonian brick 7 Roman stamp, in relief 8 Roman stamps, in intaglio 10 Monogram of Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths 13 Monogram of Charlemagne 14 Gothic marks and monograms 15 Characters on Gothic coins 16 Mark of an Italian notary, 1236 16 Marks of German notaries, 1345-1521 17 English Merchants’-marks of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries 18 Tail-piece, illustrative of the antiquity of engraving,-- Babylonian brick, Roman earthenware, Roman stamp, and a roll with the mark of the German Emperor Otho in the corner 39