"ONE OF THE MOST MAGNIFICENT BOOKS THAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN"
(HOLBEIN, Hans) LODGE, Edmund. Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII [Imitations of Original Drawings]. London, 1812.
First quarto edition of this magnificent volume of 84 color stipple-engraved plates—rarely found complete—an impressive collection of full-page engravings after Holbein's legendary portraits of Jane Seymour, Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas More, a young Edward VI, Anne of Cleves and other court figures, inked in colors, with large color frontispiece portraits of Holbein and his wife. Biographical text by Edmund Lodge follows each portrait. A beautiful volume. $4500.
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