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KRISTELLER, Paul Oskar (1863-1931). Early Florentine Woodcuts. With an annotated list of Florentine illustrated books. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, and Co., 1897.
2 volumes in one, 4o (280 x 195 mm). Black-and-white reproductions in the second volume. Modern green morocco, gilt-lettered on spine, top edge gilt, others uncut, by Morrell (spine and top of lower cover darkened).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 7 of 50 copies. Breslauer and Folter refer to Kristeller as "the Montfaucon of our age" (p. 15). Kristeller states in the preface that "The principal object of my book being the study of the engravings, I have been obliged to limit my attention to books which I could examine myself. I preferred, as a rule, to avoid all quotations from the bibliographies, whose indications as to these extremely rare Florentine books are very inexact and of little use for the student of illustrations." Bernard Breslauer has pencilled several notes in the margins.
2 volumes in one, 4
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 7 of 50 copies. Breslauer and Folter refer to Kristeller as "the Montfaucon of our age" (p. 15). Kristeller states in the preface that "The principal object of my book being the study of the engravings, I have been obliged to limit my attention to books which I could examine myself. I preferred, as a rule, to avoid all quotations from the bibliographies, whose indications as to these extremely rare Florentine books are very inexact and of little use for the student of illustrations." Bernard Breslauer has pencilled several notes in the margins.