[Rarebooks] fs: Robinson Collection of Naval Prints at USNA...

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(No. 10880 )  Trumpy, Sigrid (Compiled and edited by), Introduction and 
Essays by Sari Hornstein. NAVAL PRINTS FROM THE BEVERLEY R. ROBINSON 
COLLECTION, 1514-1791.
Annapolis: United States Naval Academy Museum, (1991). First printing, Full 
cloth, Oblong quarto, 419 pages, Color and black & white illustrations. Fine 
in a fine dust jacket, slipcased, Jacket in Mylar protector.
      A stunning catalogue of the exceptional collection of naval prints 
collected by Mr. Beverley Randolph Robinson (1876-1951) and bequeathed to 
the United States Naval Academy Museum. Not only is the collection an 
invaluable source on the naval history of Europe and the New World in the 
16th to 18th centuries, but also offers outstanding examples of the art of 
printmaking from the 16th through 19th centuries in woodcuts, etchings, line 
engravings, mezzotints, aquatints, and lithographs. This fully illustrated 
catalogue of 268 prints is arranged chronologically and includes titles and 
detailed descriptive notes for each entry. A second volume was anticipated 
but never published. Bound in blue cloth over boards with spine and upper 
board stamped in silver, matching slipcase....... $75.00
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