LES CHEFS-D'OEUVRE DES
MUSEES DE BERLIN
by Andre Chamson
published in 1952 by Les Presses de
L'Imprimerie Moullot a Marseille, Paris
This book, written in French, is about
the greatest paintings held
at that time in the art museums of Berlin. There is a four
page
introduction followed by reproductions of the paintings.
Artists whose
work is reproduced in this book include van Dyck,
Lucas van Leyden, Jean van
Eyck, Rubens, Corneille de Vos,
Joos van
Cleve, Rembrandt, Durer, Velasquez, and many others.
Andre Chamson (1900-1983) was a French novelist and essayist.
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This is a large black hardback book with
gold lettering on the spine,
13 3/4" by 10 1/2", 39 pages, with eighteen color illustrations.
The pages are unusually thick. The color
illustrations were printed on
glossy paper and were then glued to the thick
pages. This technique
of printing illustrations was commonly used in art books
many years ago.
The result is high quality illustrations; however, the glue has
left stains
on the reverse side of the pages.
This is an ex-library book, with a
library binding.
There is a small inkstamp at the bottom of the inside front
cover,
an almost invisible embossed stamp at the bottom of the title page,
and a couple of other minor library markings.
One of the illustrations is
loose, but could easily be reglued.
Otherwise, the book is in very good
condition.
Again, the text of this book is in
French, and NOT in either English or German.
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