Payne's Royal Dresden Gallery: Being a Selection of Subjects Engraved After Pictures, by the Great Masters, Berchem, Bol, Cranach, Canaletto, Caravaggio, Carlo Dolce, Claude Lorrain, Correggio, Guercini, Guido Reni, Metzu, Mieris, Netscher, Ostade, Raphael, Rembrandt, Rubens, Teniers, Vandyke, Wouvermann, etc... etc... with Accompanying Notices Consisting of Tales, Biographies, etc... (2 vol. set)

Dresden, Germany: A. H. Payne, (no date). Hardcover. 2 Volumes in publishers' gilt stamped and decorated red cloth with all edges gilt. Vol. 1: 164 pp. with 164 steel engraved plates. Vol. 2: 187 pp., 72 steel engraved plates. Plates collated and complete. Good+, covers have slight wear and moderate soiling,bookplate of Newhouse Galleries inside one volume, moderate foxing inside, small bit of lib. writing on spines. Item #15317.1

Exhaustive commentary offered to go with the beautiful engravings depicting the paintings by Old Masters. Intricate gilt design on front cover and spine, a.e.g., tissue guards. Each volume has an index. NOTE: Plates are complete, but the titles on several of the plates are not the same as their titles (in alphabetical order) in the indices. For example, Lady in a Satin Dress (plate title) is the same as Lady Washing Her Hands (index title), etc. A scarce set!

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