Die Niederlandischen Maler Des 17. Jahrhunderts

Munich : Bisher F. Bruckmann, 1948. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5" by 8.5". Various. A German language, three volume set of catalogues focussing on the Flemish artists of the Seventeenth Century. Arranged alphabetically, and containing 1042 monochrome reproductions of various pieces over the three volumes included, the first volume focusses on Lucas Achtschellinck, a Flemish landscape painter, to Willem Claez Heda, an artist of the Dutch Golden Age. The second volume here is on the work of Cornelis de Heem, a still-life painter associated with both Flemish Baroque and the Dutch Golden Age, up until Theodor Rombouts, a painter noted for creating the 'Caravaggesque' genre depicting lively, colourful scenes. The third and final volume contains reproductions of the work of Willem Romeyn, a landscape painter, to Gerard Pietersz van Zijl, a Flemish painter of portraits and genre scenes. Three subsequent volumes were added to this collection in 1962. Contains the bookplate to Marlborough Reference Library. In cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally quite smart, there are marks to the boards and backstrips, as well as wear to the extremities, joints, boards and backstrip. The hinges are also tender to each volume. Internally, the binding is firmly bound and is generally bright and clean throughout, although there is some foxing to the endpages, as well as some occasional offsetting and age toning. There is a library bookplate to pastedown. Very Good