Excerpt from Gravelot The object of this book is to give a short life history of the Artist, his Art, and a list of his best known works, the latter to assist the commencing collector. The writer of these lines is fortunate enough to possess a fine collection of the eighteenth century illustrated French books, so that the Author has been able in most cases to verify facts from the volumes themselves. The illustrations give an idea of the Artist's method of treatment at various periods of his career. In many instances, great difficulty was experienced in making the photo graphs, owing to the paper having become toned by time. The Author is the daughter of the writer of this preface: it is not therefore for him to say any words in favour of or against the book. It is for the reader to appreciate, or the reverse, the effort madeassist the admirer of this special art, but it is ir to say that, small as this volume is, the amount work necessary for its production has been very eat and has extended over a long period, in der, as far as possible, to eliminate inaccuracies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.