the Theory and Practice of the Art, as 

 have occurred from more recent prac- 

 tice; to which arc added, answers to 

 the attacks made on the art by some 

 late pubhcations. 



Although I am aware of the uti- 

 lity of plates to exemplify many parts 

 of this subject, and that one stroke of 

 the pencil will often say more than a 

 page with the pen, yet the enormous 

 expencc of engraving has hitherto so 

 confined my opinions to a certain class 

 of purchasers, that tlu^y have been 

 either not generally known, or they 

 have been rc])cated by some with- 

 out acknowledgment, and misrepre- 

 sented by others without sufiicient 

 quotation. 



Hare Street, near Romford, 

 1 805'. 



