first edition Hardcover
1918 · London
by Hesseltine, J.P.
London: J,J, Waddington, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Gilt lettered vellum spine and gray boards. Very good. 26 x 19.5 cm. With presentation slip signed by Hesseltine, privately printed by the Chiswick Press. Eighteen plates (some in sepia) with title, size and medium and collector. Index of Artists. J.P. Heseltine was both a distinguished etcher and a great art collector, appointed a trustee of the National Gallery, London serving from 1893-1929. Heseltine sold the most valuable part of his collection (approximately 600 Old Master drawings including his precious Rembrandt drawings) by private treaty sale in October 1912 to P. & D. Colnagi for a reputed £150,000. (Inventory #: 22258)