In humble & grateful Acknowledgment
of the Grace & Goodneſs of the Legislature,
Manifested,
In the Act of Parliament for the Encouragement
of the Arts of Deſigning, Engraving &c;
Obtain'd
by the Endeavours & almoſt at the Sole Expence
of the defigner of this Print in the Year 1735:
By which

not only the Professors of those Arts were reſcued
from the Tyranny Frauds & Piracies

of Monopolifing Dealers
and Legally entitled to the Fruits of their own Labours,
but Genius & Industry were alſo prompted
by ymoſt noble & generous Inducements to exert them-
ſelves,
Emulation was Excited,
Ornamental Compoſitions were better underſtood,
and every Manufacture where Fancy has any concern
was gradually raſd to a pitch of perſection before unknown,
Inſomuch that thoſe of Great Britain
are at preſent the moſt Elegant
and the moſt in Elſteem of any in Europe.