Hardcover
1982 · New York
by Bartsch, Adam von ; Walter L. Strauss ; James N. Elesh
New York: Abaris Books, 1982. Hardcover. VG- (One copy is ex-art library, with faint label marks and written numbers on spine; i.d. marks on book block edges; pocket at rear; some scuffs and spine fading to binding; pages are clean.) One copy is also ex-library with partial sticker remaining on fep; covers show shelf wear, scuffing, bumped corners; contents clean and tight.. Brown cloth with gilt letters and lines on spine and front cover, 268 pp., 200+ BW illus. Part of a lengthy series of illustrated picture atlases presenting the reproduction of prints rendered by European masters. Once based primarily on the compilations created by Austrian scholar and artist Johann Adam Bernhard Ritter von Bartsch (1757-1821) in his 21-volume "Le Peintre Graveur." This volume is a supplement to the original series. It showcases the graphic work of Belgian painter and printmaker James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (1860-1949). Uncommon.
(Inventory #: 158045)