Original Drawings By Old Masters Of The Schools Of North Italy In the Collection of J.P.H.
London: Reproduced By The Autotype Company, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. 26 x 19.5 cm. With presentation slip signed by Hesseltine, privately printed by the Chiswick Press. Also laid-in an ALS to a Mr. Cook dated Dec. 18, 1911. Thirty two plates with title, size and medium and collector. J.P. Heseltine was both a distinguished etcher and a great art collector, appointed a trustee of the National Gallery, London serving from 1893-1929. Heseltine sold the most valuable part of his collection (approximately 600 Old Master drawings including his precious Rembrandt drawings) by private treaty sale in October 1912 to P. & D. Colnagi for a reputed £150,000. Gilt lettered vellum spine and gray boards. Very good. Item #22245
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