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TÖNSBERG, Niels Christian (editor). Norske Folkelivsbilleder ester Malerier og Tegninger af Adolf Tidemand ledsagede med oplysende Text, Oslo: Paa Udgiverens Forlag, 1854-1862. 3 volumes, 2° (449 x 593 [vol.I], 416 x 550mm. [vol.II] and 422 x 564mm. [vol. III]). Parallel texts in Norwegian, German and English, chromolithographed title in volume one and 28 coloured lithographed plates, some heightened with gum arabic, after Adolph Tidemand. (Some spotting, affecting about 14 plates). Original red velvet with near uniform decoration blocked in gilt, gilt edges. (Light soiling and worming to upper cover of volume one).
A fine complete set of this record of many of the greatest works from one of the most important of 19th century Norwegian artists, Adolph Tideman (1814-1876). As Benezit notes: 'Il est le créateur de la peinture de moeurs populaires norvégiennes et occupe une place prépondérante dans l'histoire du développement artisique norégien'. (3)
A fine complete set of this record of many of the greatest works from one of the most important of 19th century Norwegian artists, Adolph Tideman (1814-1876). As Benezit notes: 'Il est le créateur de la peinture de moeurs populaires norvégiennes et occupe une place prépondérante dans l'histoire du développement artisique norégien'. (3)