Jacques Callot: Première Partie, La Vie Artistique. Tome 1 (Vol. 1 only, out of 2)
Paris: Éditions de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1929. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 3/4 x 10"). vii, [1], 126, [2]pp (Text), 86 leaves (Plates in photogravure). Original glassine over printed dust-jacket over blind wrappers. Dust-jacket and title page in red and black lettering.
First part only of this in-depth monograph on Jacques Callot (c. 1592-1635), a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine (an independent state on the north-eastern border of France, southwestern border of Germany and overlapping the southern Netherlands).
He is an important person in the development of the old master print. He made more than 1,400 etchings that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Gypsies, beggars, as well as court life. He also etched many religious and military images, and many prints featured extensive landscapes in their background.
This first part, illustrated with no less than 186 photogravures on 86 leaves of plates, is devoted to Callot's artistic life.
Minor age-toning and sporadic tiny chipping along edges of glassine. Text in French. Glassine in overall good to good+, DJ, wrappers and interior in very good condition. g to vg. Item #45707
Price: $225.00