Hans Holbein, Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII, Windsor, Good hardcover.

Holmes, Richard R. London: Franz Hanfstaengl, No Date. 

English, Good, HC, Folio, 19" x 14", Unpaginated + 53 plates. 

White decorated half-binding with beige paper over boards. Warp to front panel, cocking to spine, delicate spine and pages, some black spotting and foxing to outer panels and spine, wear and peeling to outer edges and edges near the half-binding with chip to front panel, and large chip to head. Minor interior and exterior soiling, light foxing, first front page after endpaper loose but laid-in, pen inscription to same page, missing plate 2: "Edward Prince of Wales afterwards Edward VI," edges of pages worn and fragile, overall, age-appropriate toning and wear. Unpaginated. Includes 53 reproductions of German-Swiss Northern Renaissance painter and printmaker, Hans Holbein's portraits of illustrious personages, such as Queen Jane Seymour, wife of Henry VIII, and William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury. From the introduction: "The present series of Facsimiles represents the greater and most important portion of the collection of drawings by Hans Holbein, which forms one of the chief treasures of the Royal Library of Windsor Castle...It covers the whole period of Holbein's sojourn in England and represents in a fuller and more perfect manner than any other the extent and variety of his work in portraiture from his introduction to Sir Thomas More in 1526 until his death in 1543." Beautifully produced antiquarian book that showcases Holbein's well-known mastery of the art of portraiture.