Hardcover
1988 · New York
by Bartsch, Adam von ; Walter L. Strauss ; Petra ten-Doesschate Chu
New York: Abaris Books, 1988. Hardcover. VG- (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.). Brown cloth with gilt letters and lines on spine and front cover, 346 pp., 300+ 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. The second of a two-volume set within a set that showcases the work of French artist Dominique Vivant Denon (1747-1825), who also served as the first director of the Louvre museum. Uncommon.
(Inventory #: 158048)