Anvers, La Librarie Néerlandaise, s.d. (ca. 1897), 5 vols in-4°, 30 x 24,5 cm, each vol. ca. 275 pp, with b/wills & 6 original etchings by Zilcken, uniform decorated cloth, top edges gilt.This important survey consists of a series of articles by various well-known writers on the life and works of the most celebrated Dutch & Flemish painters of the 19th century, with a summary of the entire schools by Max Rooses. Each volume contains the essays and reproductions of 12 artists. Their names are listed on the spines of the volumes. Each essay is illustrated with b/w text ills, full page photo engravings and a total of 30 original engravings, these interpretation etchings are works of graphic art in themselves and constitute very good examples of the art of engraving in Holland at the end of the 19th century. See Arntzen & Rainwater M 427. (Text in French, very fine set).
7. Anvers, La Librarie Néerlandaise, s.d. (ca. 1897), 4 vols in-4°, 30 x 24,5 cm, each vol. ca. 275 pp, with photogravures and 6 original etchings by Zilcken, uniform decorated cloth with Art Nouveau design, top edges gilt. This important survey consists of a series of articles by various well-known writers on the life and works of the most celebrated Dutch painters of the 19th century, with a summary of the entire school by Max Rooses. Each volume contains the essays and reproductions of 12 artists. Their names are listed on the spines of the volumes. Each essay is illustrated with b/w text ills, full page photo engravings and a total of 24 original engravings, these interpretation etchings are works of graphic art in themselves and constitute very good examples of the art of engraving in Holland at the end of the 19th century. See Arntzen & Rainwater M 427. (Text in French, fine set).
14. Anvers, La Librarie Néerlandaise, s.d. (ca. 1897), 5 vols in-4°, 30 x 24,5 cm, each vol. ca. 275 pp, with b/wills & 6 original etchings by Zilcken, uniform decorated cloth, top edges gilt.This important survey consists of a series of articles by various well-known writers on the life and works of the most celebrated Dutch & Flemish painters of the 19th century, with a summary of the entire schools by Max Rooses. Each volume contains the essays and reproductions of 12 artists. Their names are listed on the spines of the volumes. Each essay is illustrated with b/w text ills, full page photo engravings and a total of 30 original engravings, these interpretation etchings are works of graphic art in themselves and constitute very good examples of the art of engraving in Holland at the end of the 19th century. See Arntzen & Rainwater M 427. (Text in French, very fine set).