Seventy-five Portraits of Celebrated Painters: from authentic originals, etched by James Girtin by Girtin, John - 1817

London: Printed by J.M. M'Creety, 1817. Quarto. 2 preliminary leaves, 73 portraits. (lacks Peter Paul Reubens and Anthony Vandyke). A marvelous reference of many of the important painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. Bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards, rebacked in red leather lettered and decorated in gilt, endpapers renewed, a few leaves with finger smudges. A good copy.