Lot 88: Gurlitt, Cornelius. Das französische Sittenbild

Gurlitt, Cornelius. Das französische Sittenbild des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts im Kupferstich. 100 copper-engraved plates after 18th century French paintings. 12½x9½, red morocco, gilt border design, spine gilt, red morocco spine label, top edge gilt. Berlin: Julius Bard, 1913 No. 16 of 100 copies. Printed on Van Gelder Paper. Engraved reproductions from 18th Century paintings by such artists as Pierre Antoine Baudouin, Sigmund Freudenberger and more. Edge wear, some rubbing to covers, front hinge cracked, small bookplate on front pastedown; offsetting from plates to blank verso of text pages, one page of text with short tear to margin; very good.