Het schildersboek. Nederlandsche schilders der negentiende eeuw in monographieën door tijdgenooten. Jacob & Willem Maris, Neuhuys, Mesdag, v.d. Sande Bakhuijzen, Van der Waay, Klinkenberg, Apol, Blommers, Thérèse Schwartze, de Haas & Kaemmerer. Met afbeeldingen hunner werken in houtgravure, photo- en autotypie tusschen den tekst en 6 Photogravure en 6 Etsen van Ph. Zilcken buiten den tekst.

Rooses, Max

Uitgevers-Maatschappy "Elsevier", Amsterdam, 1898

Large 4to (32x26 cm). Original decorated wrappers, thin vellum on paper, printed in gold and green ( tear in spine; top and foot some loss of paper). (vi),238,(ii blank) pp. - Totally 60 painters are described in 5 volumes, edited between 1898-1901. - In this volume (the first) 12 painters described by 8 contemporaries. With illustrations (woodengravings, photo- and autotypes) and 12 plates (autotypes) in text. - No 2 of the first 17 "Luxe" copies, (34 copies are numbered), only 1-17 on "Japansch papier" and with proofs of the 6 etchings and 6 photogravures with duplicates on Chinese paper: 12 photogravures and 12 etchings. The etchings ALL SIGNED IN PENCIL BY PH. ZILCKEN ('Épreuves d'Artiste'). - Exceptional copy with the 6 etchings on Japanese paper and 6 etchings on Chinese paper with a cardboard protection. - It is a heavy book, caused by the use of Japanese paper and moulded cardboard, therefore the bookblock is loosening (inevitable), for the rest good, spotless, copy - Very rare