[HOFSTEDE DE GROOT, C. Dr.]. - Lot 60

[HOFSTEDE DE GROOT, C. Dr.]. REMBRANDT. 26 photogravures after the finest paintings from the exhibitions in Amsterdam [bound with] REMBRANDT. 40 photogravures Amsterdam, Scheltema & Holkema’s boekhandel, 1899. In-plano, (9) ff., 26 plates, and (18) ff., 40 plates; titles in red and black. The Supplement bound before the first volume. Garnet half-maroquin with period corners, triple gilt fillets on the covers, ribbed spine highlighted with gilt scrolls alternating with gilt fillets, gilt title, place, and date, gilt head (jaws rubbed and split 10 cm from the top, a few folios slightly misaligned in the text of the Supplement, slight oxidation on the edges, gilt bands slightly oxidized with occasional tears, spine tail partially detached but still attached). A superb, renowned, and rare Dutch art edition from the late 19th century, printed entirely on Japanese paper. The first series and its Supplement bound together in a single volume. Limited edition of 25 copies on Japanese paper for the first volume; this is no. 4. Limited edition of 25 copies on Japanese paper for the Supplement; this is no. 1. A beautiful, complete copy of the 40 and 26 high-quality heliogravure plates reproducing the Baroque painter’s masterpieces presented at the famous exhibitions in Amsterdam in 1898 and at the Royal Academy in London in 1899. The plates are in fine condition, with a handwritten “HD” mark on the reverse, inscribed in pencil, on the last engravings of each series. Partially untrimmed.