Art and Decoration in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. The Influence of Continental Prints, 1558-1625
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. xii, 344pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, in original color-illustrated dustjacket with brown lettering on cover and spine. Brown endpapers. Color frontispiece. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of art and decorative elements throughout. "The first part of the book introduces prints country by country, identifying the artists, engravers and publishers whose work was used in England. Although prints from Italy, Germany and France were imported, Netherlands prints were overwhelmingly the most influential during the period, and Wells-Cole quantifies the impact of such designers as Cornelis Floris, Jan Vredman de Vries, Maarten van Heemskerck, and Maarten de Vos. The second part of the book considers how prints influenced masonry, plaster work, joinery, metalwork, painting, tapestry and embroidery." (Publisher). Dustjacket with light wear. Binding with minor wear but very light water staining along bottom of front cover near foredge. Very good condition. Item #53853
ISBN: 0300066511
Price: $125.00