拍品專文
The books depicted are inscribed wwith titles as to include Johnson's Dictionary, Kauffman's Dictionary of Merchandise, Patrick Callarius, Pindar Greats, Lives of the Poets, Tatler, Virgil Delhini, Cicero De Officiis, a Modern Greek Grammar, A Greek Lexicon, Lunermann's Mahlebuch zu Homer's Odyssey, and Book 44 of the History of Justin.
Louis Block painted many similar still lifes of books. For a comparable example, see lot 168, in a sale at Christie's London, 10 February 1981.
Louis Block painted many similar still lifes of books. For a comparable example, see lot 168, in a sale at Christie's London, 10 February 1981.