[Rarebooks] For Sale - Meisterwerke of German Art, Volumes I & II

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For your consideration:
Meisterwerke of German Art, Volumes I & II, by Carl Thonet Jutsum, George 
Barrie, Boston, 1883-4:
Magnificent volumes of German works; tipped in engravings, on heavy white 
matting paper, folio sized. Volume I, covers the early German Schools 
Including Dutch and Flemish, referencing the earliest of frescos to have 
been executed for Queen Theodolinda in the 6th century, and the 
Carlovingians start of Teutonic Art, to the earliest of Christian art; 
following through to the styles of the 13th century, and 14th when styles 
became purer and more skillful. The principal artists of 'Bohemia" being 
Nicholas Wurmser, of Strasburg Kunz and Theodoric of Prague. Through to the 
Revival period. Both volumes have a running detailed narrative of the 
periods their history, artists, influences by the Church and society, and 
ruling principals; use of and creation of materials, etc. Sampling of full 
page etchings and line engravings, (121 engravings on Wood & Facsimiles, 51 
Etchings and Line engravings tipped-in: Volume I, tipped in plates:  Death 
Riding through a Harvest Landscape, Arnold Bucklin, engraver, Hecht, W.; 
Goethe's Fifth Roman Elegy, Friederich J.H. Drake, L. Schulz; The Children's 
Concert, Anselm Feuerbach, Karl Krautle; Lady With Parrot, Franz Von Mieris, 
John Burger; Mary Stuart Listening to the Order of Her Execution, Carl 
Theodor von Piloty, Doris Raab; The Hunt, Rudolf F. Henneberg, Wilhem 
Krauskopf; Portrait of The Emperor Maximilian I, Albrecht Durer, V. Jasper; 
Old Athens From the Garden of Venus, Joseph Hoffman, Edward Willmann; 
Portrait of Lady Seymour, Hans Holbein, The Younger; Carl Edward Buchel; The 
Jewish Bride, Ryn van Rembrandt, William Unger, and many others.  Volume 
II., Covers, begins with the Great Revival period and development of the 
national art, which took place in all the capitals of Germany, in the years 
between 1810 and 1840; through to the 'Contemporary' German School of 
Painting, which was many sided and divided up geographical as well as 
aesthetically; from the Adriatic to the Baltic. Ranging from the genre of 
miniature sized works, considered to be cheap illustrations to the immense 
frescoes of the Ludwigskirche or Palace at Berlin, which extended from 
quarto illustration to folios. The narration covers the various geographical 
influences, exhibits, and areas stated in Volume II. 91 Engraving on wood 
and facsimiles; 52 etchings, line engravings & Lichtdruck (photo-mechanical 
planographic printing to the rendition of halftones without rasters as well 
as in the photography a photolithographic procedure, which was developed 
1856 by Adolphe Louis Poitevin under the designation Collotypie): A sampling 
of works: The Flamingo Hunters, Johann, Canon, engraved by Johann Karl; 
Venetian Taylor Shop, Eugene B. Blaas, William Unger; The Monk, Franz 
Lenbach, W. Hecht; Haspinger, Alois Gabl, Carl Rauscher; The Empress of 
Austria, Emil Adam, (Lichtdruck);  In The Gallery, Adolph Mesel, Johann 
Klaus; Bismarck or Moltke?, Gustav Karl Hellquist, J. Holzapf'l; A Wolf In 
The Thicket, Otto von Thoren, William Unger; Japanese Lady, Bruno E. U. 
Piglhein, (Lichtdruck); Goose Market in Cracow, Alois Schonn, William Unger; 
Marietta Da Napoli, Hans Meyer, (Original Etching); The Peasant and Broker, 
Benjamin Vautier, Johann J. Burger. Over 370 artists mentioned or 
represented in both volumes.
Bound in three quarter calf, over brown pebbled cloth boards. Rubbed to 
extremities, front joints to both volumes repaired, volume I front cloth 
wrinkled, rear cloth wrinkled torn & bunched at leather edge, bad repair. 
Pale white marks to lower front board.Five bands to spine, bright gilt title 
and volume number. Pages 57- 59 Vol. I., have very pale spotting, not plate 
pages, Vol. II: 1 inch closed tear to lower edge of one tissue guard, and 
slight chip to lower edge of Mother Love tissue guard. Last 20 pages have 
toning effect stain to lower corner, not water. Marbled end papers, 1/4 inch 
chip to e.p. upper edge volume II. Small old ex-libris decorative plates to 
pastedown, both volumes. All edges bright gilt. Volumes are very tightly 
bound, pages except where noted, clean and bright. These books are extremely 
heavy, please inquire about post.  A compendium of  important and 
influential painters, their works and influences..  Folio, 144, 134 pp. Will 
provide a variety of  digitals. Very Good +, $2,500.00.
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