xiv, 202pp; numerous black and white photographic plates. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt design and titles on front and spine; top text block edge gilt, remaining edges untrimmed. 16mo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed corners and spine ends with cloth wearing. Fore and bottom text block edges tanning. Endpapers just starting to tan; previous owner's name on front free endpaper; pages tanning and starting to age; gutters strained making volume quite loose.
A full length biography of the French painter and etcher, Claude Lorrian (1600-1682), one of the earliest significant artists to focus on landscape painting.
