Cent Chefs-D'Oeuvre, A Hundred Masterpiecesby Albert Wolff
Limited Edition of 50 copies, numbered, on Japan paper - this being No. 6
Hard to find limited edition that is missing some illustrations and has a few loose pages, but is an attractively priced alternative to copies in better condition
Book originally contained 100 etchings/illustrations, but 13 are now missing (including all of the full-page illustrations).
Missing includes:
p. 8 Millet ----- p. 18 Meissonier --- p. 26 Meissonier ----- p. 33 Daubigny ----- p. 34 Meissonier
p. 85/86 Rousseau & Terburg ---- p. 88 Hals, Hobbema, Metzu, Van de Velde, Rembrandt, Teniers
Knoedler & Co, --- undated, but believed to be ca mid-1880s
Leather bound with gold ruling --- text block gilt decorated all sides
Cover has cloth-backed bookbinder's tape reinforcements around the spine on the exterior and at the front and back endpaper gutters on the inside
Cover with shelf wear --- scuffing --- wear/chipping at corners and ends of spine
Endpapers chipped at the edges
120 pp. --- pages clean and unmarked ----- mild rippling
4 pages detached, but present: p. 17, 25, 51/52
Around 13 1/2" x 17 1/2" x 1 3/8" and weighs 8 lbs.
Will be securely bubble wrapped in a box and shipped via USPS Media Mail
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