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Illustration] - Collection of 42 plates related to engravings and (book)illustrations . Various authors, periods, techniques and sizes, some in orig. col., others b/w. Partly under passe-partout, all kept in a folio size mod. half cloth folder, marbl. paper on covers, in slipcase. Very good condition.
Most interesting set of copper and steel engravings, woodcuts, lithographs, chromolithos, caricatures, etc. concerning the making, printing, selling and collecting of illustrations. Libr. stamps. I.a. Plaatsnijder , 17th c. engr. - Wollen sie gute Landcarte, saubere Contrafayt, Landschafften (...) , 18th c., orig. col. engr., showing a merchant of engravings. - Marchand d'estampes à Vienne , 18th c., orig. col. aquatint. - Lithograph studio with artist inking the stone, engr. by Jef Ratinckx , 1889. - Interieur d'Atelier , s.d. - Various engravings by i.a. Alfred Stevens , Decamps , etc. - Le graveur by M. Langaskens. - Invitation by K. Peiser . - Caricatures by Gavarni , Charlet , etc. - Philosophy and art , steelengr. by W. Ridgway after Huntington. - Le marchand de gravures , 1851, wood engr. by S. Godard after K. Girardet, from "Magasin Pittoresque". - Lithographer , litho by Am. Lynen . - Sketcher on the Moselle , litho publ. by Hodgson & Graves, London, 1838, etc.