1889 Rembrandt's Etchings
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce
The first London edition of this very scarce work.
An impressive work on Rembrandt and his art, the important painter of the Dutch Golden Age.
Illustrated with fifty plates, one of which is folding, each being a detailed reproduction of Rembrandt's paintings.
Looking at his art, this work provides descriptive and historical notes to fifty of Rembrandt's best known etchings.
Also including a biography on Rembrandt.
By Charles B. Curtis, who also wrote 'Velazquiez and Murillo'.
Collated, complete.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light marks and discolouration to the boards and spine. Front hinge is starting, rear hinge is strained. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional handling mark and spot. Plate XV is detached but present.
Good
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