Bosch, Carl Linfert, Harry N. Abrams, First Edition, HC, NF.

Linfert, Carl. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Date.

English, First Edition, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 13" x 10", 135 pp. 

White and beige cloth over board, stamped gilt lettering to front and spine, light soiling to edges of text block, slight cocking to spine, otherwise, superior copy inside and out, with only the most minimal, unobtrusive wear to bindings, text-block, dust jacket and endpapers. Near Fine white pictorial dust jacket, featuring detail of Hieronymus Bosch's artwork "The Garden of Delights" to front, black lettering to front, spine, and interior flaps, light shelf wear, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar-sleeve. [6] 135 pp., replete with 111 illustrations with 48 hand-tipped full-color plates, essay "Bosch's Way," Colorplates with text, and Selected Bibliography. From inside dust jacket: "[Carl Linfert] proposes a convincing chronology for all the most important works and explains many of Bosch's enigmatic images, providing the reader with fascinating insights into the artist's thought and the key to an understanding of his achievement."