Bober provides the biography of Jan Van Vliet, historiography of the study of Van Vliet's work, and short discussion of the graphic depiction of trades (i. e., Amman's Standebuch) which accompany this series of reproductions of Van Vliet's 1635 etchings of 18 different arts and trades (including baker, glazier, hatmaker, mason, sculptor, and cooper smith). -- AATA