A Catalogue and Description of the Etchings of Rembrandt Van-Rhyn, with some Account of his Life . To which is added, A List of the best Pieces of this Master for the Use of those who would make a Select Collection of his Works. -- Written originally by the late M. Gersaint, and published by Mess. Helle and Glomy, with considerable Additions and Improvements. Translated from the French
London: Printed for t. Jefferys, Geographer[ to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at Charing - Cross, 1752. First English Language Edition. 3/4 leather. 12mo., 184 pages, contemporary binding; 3/4 polished dark blue leather set off with gilt rules, marbled boards, frontis portrait, marbled endpapers that match the boards. -- Light rubbing to extremities. Spine scuffed at one spot, corners lightly rubbed. Head and heel of spine lightly rubbed. Internally clean and sound. / very good. Item #9474
"A catalogue raisonné of Rembrandt's engravings, compiled by famous Parisian art dealer Emde-François Gersant (1696-1750) as a guide to help collectors to, among other things, distinguish between genuine Rembrandt engravings and spurious ones. The Catalogue describes over 340 engravings with additional descriptions for known fakes and the work of Rembrandt's students. Edmé-François Gersaint (1694–1750) was a Parisian marchand-mercier (merchant) who specialised in the sale of works of art and luxury goods and who is noted for revolutionising the art market by preparing, for the first time, detailed catalogs with descriptions of the work and biographies of the artist. Gersaint's Catalogue raisonné de toutes les pi ces qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt (published posthumously, Paris, 1751), was the first catalogue raisonné of a single artist's graphic work, addressing at length the connoisseurship issues in distinguishing Rembrandt's work from that of his pupils in a chapter on doubtful attributions."-wiki.
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