Description:
printed for the author - The Cresset Press, 1955. 1st edition.. Hardback. Buckram spined boards, F. 135pp, 32 b/w plates, Limited to 250 copies, fore edge un trimmed, spine a little yellowed, otherwise a fine copy of an expensively produced book. The author gives his personal reflections on his art collection - 'these have been my thoughts as I stood before each picture, entering the realms of fancy every now & then'... The author muses on 41 paintings, of which 32 are illustrated. Artists include Poussin, Murillo, Richard Wilson ( 7 paintings ) & Albrecht Altdorfer.