Hardcover
1970 · New York
by Lehrs, Max
New York: Collectors Editions Ltd, 1970. Reprint of: Wien : Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst, 1908-1934. Hardcover. Contents VG, clean and tight but art school ex-lib. set with usual marks, including spine labels. Small sticker on each fep from Sears, Roebuck Foundation. Some rubbing to heads/tails of most spines and light rubbing to some covers.. All volumes: Cream linen/boards; maroon faux leather spines with black title block; silver lettering. No dust jackets. Missing Volume 10 (Plates). Vol. I: xi + 380 pp. with 37 bw line drawings. Vol. II: 432 pp. with 63 bw line drawings. Vol. III: 455 pp. with 28 bw line drawings. Vol. IV: 370 pp. with 47 bw line drawings. Vol. V: 408 pp. with 76 bw line drawings. Vol. VI: 414 pp. with 114 bw line drawings. Vol. VII: 472 pp. with 108 bw line drawings. Vol. VIII: 426 pp. with 47 bw line drawings. Vol. IX: viii + 515 pp. with no illustrations but for monograms in the index. Heavy at 20 pounds for the set (9 kilos) and will require extra postage. Text in German. Contents include: v. 1. Die Primitiven -- v. 2. Der Meister E.S. -- v. 3-4. Die Anonymen -- v. 5-6. Martin Schongauer und seine Schule -- v. 7. Die niederländischen Monogrammisten und der Meister P W von Köln -- v. 8. Der Meister des Hausbuches und die Oberdeutschen Stecher -- v. 9. Israhel van Meckenem.
(Inventory #: 158092)