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Paul and Virginia " (full lettering), and " Man and Family " (with full lettering an article appeared in The Bazaar describing this unique print about two years ago). CHARLES KNIGHT (Author, Editor, Publisher.) DEAR J , To you naturally it will be quite apparent that as soon as it was found that a " Process of Pictorially Printing in Colours " was an accomplished fact, and likely to be a commercial success, other competi- tors would endeavour to enter the field that Baxter was holding. This probability Baxter undoubtedly bore in mind, and it would be one of the reasons determining him to protect his rights by Patenting his Process. Just four years after Baxter commenced to produce his early book illustrations, we find Charles Knight who will be more universally known as the pioneer in issuing Magazine Literature, illustrated with wood-cut blocks, in Weekly and Monthly parts patenting a Process for what he called " Illuminated Printing," which process was carried out for him by the well-known Printing-house of Wm. Clowes & Son, London. As you will have gathered from my remarks on George Baxter, this process of Knight's was very similar to Baxter's, and, as I have stated, probably had the Patent rights granted for the "Press" and method of carrying out the printing. The specification for the Patent bears out this theory, being largely drawn up to describe the Printing method and the ' ' Press ' ' he employed to carry out the same. Charles Knight, who was born at Windsor on the I5th March, 1791, was the son of an Antiquarian bookseller, who carried on business in that town. He was sent to a school kept by a Dr. Nicholas at Ealing, and upon the finish of his scholastic days was duly apprenticed to his father

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