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Holbein (Hans) Imitations of Original Drawings ... in the Collection of His Majesty, 84 engraved plates on 83 sheets, all printed in colours by Bartolozzi, C. Metz and C. Knight after Holbein, 66 printed on pink paper, plate list provided in manuscript, advertisement ff., occasional faint off-setting, bookplates, front free endpaper with large tears and old repairs, strengthened at hinges, contemporary straight grain morocco, rubbing to corners and extremities, [Abbey Life 205], folio, W. Bulmer and Co., 1792-[1800].*** The originals, in chalk heightened with pen and metal-point, were made by Holbein during his two sojourns to England. They constitute preliminary studies for several of his most famous oil paintings. The drawings were originally in a volume now preserved in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, called the Great Booke.
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Holbein (Hans) Imitations of Original Drawings ... in the Collection of His Majesty, W. Bulmer and
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