Reproductions of Prints in the British Museum : New Series. [ 15 fascicules, complete set ]

British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings. ; Colvin, S. and others.

Edité par Trustees of the British Museum, London, first edition, 1886 - 1906, 1886

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15 fascicules each in its own portfolio, 52 cm (parts I-IV) and 66 cm (parts V-XV). introductions of a few pages each, and a total of 233 plates on stiff card. . Uncommon. A complete set of this series which comprises 15 portfolios each with a short introduction, list of plates and between 11 and 22 finely-printed plates as follows: Part I. (Early Italian). 20 plates; Part II. (Early German and Flemish) 22 plates; Part III. (German, Dutch, and Italian). 18 plates; Part IV. (Italian, 16th century). 18 plates; Part V. (Specimens of early mezzotint engraving). 16 plates; Part VI. (Specimens of line-engraving by Masters of Germany and the Low Countries, 1530-1620). 15 plates; Part VII. (Specimens of line-engraving by Masters of the Netherlands Schools under the influence of Rubens and Vandyck, about 1620-1660). 12 plates; Part VIII. (Specimens of line-engraving by Masters of the French School, about 1580-1680). 14 plates; Part IX. (Specimens of line-engraving by the earliest Masters practising in England, about 1545-1695). 18 plates; New Series, Part X. (Additional specimens of line-engraving by the earliest Masters working in England, about 1580-1670). 21 plates; Part XI. (Specimens of line-engraving by French Masters of the Eighteenth Century). 14 plates; Part XII. (Specimens of line-engraving by French Masters of the Eighteenth Century, continued). 12 plates; Part XIII. (Specimens of line-engraving by English Masters of the Eighteenth Century). 11 plates; Part XIV. (Specimens of line-engraving by Italian Masters of the Eighteenth Century). 11 plates. Part XV. (Specimens of line-engraving by German Masters of the Eighteenth Century). 11 plates. The plates are generally Very Good clean copies: the versos of the final plate in each potrtfolio and the title-page rectos are in most cases tanned from contact with the portfolios. Some plates have small 'British Museum facsimile' stamps on the versos and there is sometimes a small library blindstamp in the lower margin, well away from the image. The portfolio boards are generally rather duststained and a little rubbed, the portfolio for Part VI has bumping and tearing to its top edges and that for Part XV is torn at the head of spine with trifling edgewear to a few plates, a few other portfolio corners have minor edgewear. The porfolio flaps are generally in very good condition (and seem to have been renewed in most cases); a few others are broken. A few portfoilios have library bookplates on their front inner boards. Overall a well-preserved set of a series rarely found complete.

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• Titre: Reproductions of Prints in the British Museum : New Series. [ 15 fascicules, complete set ]
• Éditeur: Trustees of the British Museum, London, first edition, 1886 - 1906
• Date de parution: 1886
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
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