Old Art Books. Collected and Catalogued.
Folding frontis. & numerous plates (many folding). Large folio, orig. cloth. London: [Printed at the Oxford University Press for] Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1975.
Number “3“ of 300 numbered copies, signed by the collector, presentation copy, inscribed by Theodore Besterman to Hardy Grieb (1946-90), bookseller at E.P. Goldschmidt and later a partner at Martin Breslauer: “for Hardy Grieb with cordial regards Th.B.” This is a highly interesting copy, containing the notes regarding provenance and condition as well as appraised values of Besterman’s wonderful collection of 381 books illustrative of the arts. The sale of the collection was handled by Hardy Grieb... More