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The Print Collectors Quarterly began publication in 1911, one of the first periodicals devoted solely to the history of print-making, to printmakers (peintres-graveurs), and to print collecting; It was published continuously, with the exception of the periods 1920 and 1942-1948, until it merged into Print magazine in 1950. A summary the publishing history of the Quarterly is given on the following page. This is the first complete index to the entire run of the Quarterly, omitting only the ephemeral Prints of Today and Quarterly Notes series. A few articles of lasting interest the Quarterly Notes are included, marked as [Q,N.] 1he includes details omitted from the Quarterly's own of contents, such as page and il1ustration numerations. The first section of this book is a chronological list of the tables of contents of al1 the issues. It is followed by three indexes: first, an index by author; next, an index by artist's name; and finally a subject index. In the author index, items under each heading are arranged by topic, in the order used in the artist and subject indexes. In the artist and subject indexes, items under a given heading are arranged in chronological order. 1he covers of selected issues of the Quarterly are reproduced throughout the issue list and in this book's frontispiece, and represent each of the magazines pub1ishers throughout its history.