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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. small 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. x, 269+(1) pages. First Edition. Thirteen illustrated essays on the art of the print, chosen for the Print Council of America by Carl Zigrosser. Selected to interest admirers of the graphic arts with a broad variety of tastes, the articles range from a brilliant discussion by Dr. Erwin Panofsky on Durer's "Nemesis" to Alfred Hentzen's portrait of Rolf Nesch, one of the most experimental of modern printmakers. With 188 illustrations (4 full color plates and 184 black-and-white photographs). Jacket lightly worn at spine ends. Else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books.