[Plate Book] Payne, A. H.
Album för skön konst. Ny serie, innehållande ett urval af de värderikaste målningar som finnas uti tafvelgalleriet i Dresden, utförda i stålstick; jemte upplysande text. Första bandet.
Götheborg, D. F. Bonniers förlag. 1850. Half title + frontispiece + printed title + 110 pp. + (2 pp.) + 35 plates.
Blue blind pressed cloth binding with gilt title and gilt decorations. Bumped corners. Slight damage to the top of the spine. Slight staining to the binding.
Beautiful steel engravings of high quality, many of them by Albert Henry Payne, an english steel engraver working for most of his life in Leipzig, regarded to be one of the best in his profession. The plates depict romantic and prosaic scenes. Each plate accompanied by a short story.
Item No: 4276
