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small 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. (ii), 21, (3), followed by 33 plates. Issued as a volume in the Great Etchers series. Printed by the Ballantyne Press. Introductory essay by the editor. "The most striking qualilty of the plates before us is their originality. Van Dyke (1599-1641) invented the freely-etched portrait, and left a tradition which still influences this branch of art." Illustrated with 34 portrait etchings from the British Museum collection, including one as frontispiece. Randeria bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Covers slightly soiled. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. Van Dyck (illustrator). …