Bartsch, Adam — Le Peintre Graveur (21 Volume Set)

Vienna, Imprimerie de J. V. Degen, Pierre Mechetti, Devant Charles, 1821. Leather bound. 21 volumes in 1/2 brown leather. Some portraits and illustrations. Dates as follows: 1-3: 1803 (new edition); 4-5: 1805; 6-11:1808; 12-13: 1811; 14-15: 1813; 16-18: 1818; 19: 1819; 20: 1820; 21: 1821. Uniformly bound, but the leather is dry and some covers are off, spine missing from volume 1. Contents are generally described as Vols. 1-4: Dutch (and Belgian) artists; 5-11: German artists; 12-21: Italian artists. The Supplement volume covers Peintres et Dessinateurs Neerlandais, and has the front cover off. Scarce as a complete set in any condition. Suitable for restoration, which would be very expensive. Binding set, many covers are off, most spine labels are off. Sold as a reading set only, these books have the typical old dusty leather feel to them .