Hieronymus Bosch, Wilhelm Fraenger, Putnam 1983, Good+ hardcover

Fraenger, Wilhelm, Hieronymus Bosch, New York: Putnam 1983, English, Good+ hardcover 4to, 9 ¾” x 12”, 526 pp., Color and Black-and-White illustrations

ISBN 0399127135

Rust colored cloth boards, black title stamped to spine, blindstamped initials to front panel, in Good dust jacket w/ creasing, wear, closed tears, and minor chipping to edges, now in protective Mylar. Scattered staining to two text pages, creasing to two illustration pages (possible printing errors?), mild toning to top page edges throughout. First American edition. Massive study of the fascinating, bizarre and grotesque works of the legendary sixteenth century Dutch painter. Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white with detailed analysis of the images, the result of twenty years of research by art historian Fraenger (1890 - 1964).