Bartsch, Adam von ; Walter L. Strauss ; James N. Elesh — James Ensor (the Illustrated Bartsch, 141, Commentary)

New York, Abaris Books, 1982. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt letters and lines on spine and front cover, 267 pp. BW illus. Part of a lengthy series of illustrated picture atlases presenting the reproduction of prints rendered by European masters. Once based primarily on the compilations created by Austrian scholar and artist Johann Adam Bernhard Ritter von Bartsch (1757-1821) in his 21-volume "Le Peintre Graveur." This volume is a supplement to the original series. It showcases the graphic work of Belgian painter and printmaker James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (1860-1949). Most illustrations appear in a previous volume. Uncommon. VG- (One copy is ex-art library, with faint label marks and written numbers on spine; i.d. marks on book block edges; pocket at rear; some scuffs and spine fading to binding; pages are clean.) Contents clean and tight.