{"product_id":"a-descriptive-catalogue-of-the-etched-work-of-wenceslaus-hollar-1607-1677-9780521529488","title":"A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607 1677","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe etchings of Wenceslaus Hollar are not only of a remarkably high artistic standard but also represent an important pictorial chronicle of seventeenth-century England. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNumbering over 2700 they cover a vast range of subjects: cathedrals, ships, bird's-eye views of cities, scenes of the Thirty Years' War, butterflies, shells, and women's costumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHollar drew portraits of his contemporaries, illustrated the Bible, Aesop's fables, Homer, and Virgil. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRembrandt apart, he was arguably the greatest, certainly the most skillful etcher of his day. This catalog for the first time identifies and lists all the etchings of Hollar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach print is fully described, and the various problems of the editions of the Dance of Death, of the costume prints, and of the Dugdale illustrations and the London maps are fully dealt with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMr Pennington has also written the first comprehensive and accurate life of Hollar, and this appears at the beginning of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Pennington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 7.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521529488\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40058205306995,"sku":"0521529484","price":134.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_baf436b4-f9f5-4192-83fe-f6e4f6ced576.jpg?v=1651587213","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-descriptive-catalogue-of-the-etched-work-of-wenceslaus-hollar-1607-1677-9780521529488","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}