Masterpieces of Flemish Art Including Examples of the Early German and the Dutch Schools. With Memoirs of the Artists

4to (28 x 22 cm). pp x, 158. 26 mounted albumen photographic prints (complete). Green cloth boards with bevelled edges; lettered and ornately decorated in gilt to front and spine; decorated in blind to rear. All edges gilt. Boards rubbed and with a few scattered marks; corners bumped and worn; cloth fraying at ends of spine and for a short section of front joint. Scattered spotting to text and plates. A couple of leaves with short marginal tears. Gutta-percha has perished leaving almost all leaves detached (but all present). An early example of an art book illustrated with photographs. Almost completely disbound, but text and plates complete.